Climatologists studying hurricanes. There is a direct correlation between the level of surface sea temperature near the equator and the intensity of hurricanes. Warmer sea water will mean more intense hurricanes.
Actually this is not entirely true. Potential hurricane strength has more to do with a difference in temperature between weather systems and/or sea temperature. In fact, the most powerful hurricanes on record actually happened during a relatively cold time of the year, with opposing storm systems that had a great differential in temperature.
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Climatologists studying hurricanes. There is a direct correlation between the level of surface sea temperature near the equator and the intensity of hurricanes. Warmer sea water will mean more intense hurricanes. Actually this is not entirely true. Potential hurricane strength has more to do with a difference in temperature between weather systems and/or sea temperature. In fact, the most powerful hurricanes on record actually happened during a relatively cold time of the year, with opposing storm systems that had a great differential in temperature.
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