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2006-09-14 22:25:29 UTC
BOULDER, Colo. (UPI) -- A study by 19 U.S. and European scientists
finds greenhouse gases, not natural cycles, are causing warmer oceans
that produce more powerful hurricanes.
"Clearly, this is a result of the increasing concentrations of
greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere," study co-author Tom
Wigley, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research in Boulder, Colo., told ABC News. "The work that we've done
kind of closes the loop here."
The weather experts used 22 computer climate models to examine the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans' tropical regions where tropical cyclones,
or hurricanes, are born. The climate scientists found temperatures in
those areas have increased an average of between a half degree
Fahrenheit and 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit, during the last century.
The study says humans are most likely to blame for at least 67 percent
of that warming, ABC reported, and the scientists expect hurricanes
will become even stronger as the oceans continue to warm.
The U.S. Department of Energy-funded study appears in the online
edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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"All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women."
--Voltaire (1694-1778) French Philosopher and Author
finds greenhouse gases, not natural cycles, are causing warmer oceans
that produce more powerful hurricanes.
"Clearly, this is a result of the increasing concentrations of
greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere," study co-author Tom
Wigley, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research in Boulder, Colo., told ABC News. "The work that we've done
kind of closes the loop here."
The weather experts used 22 computer climate models to examine the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans' tropical regions where tropical cyclones,
or hurricanes, are born. The climate scientists found temperatures in
those areas have increased an average of between a half degree
Fahrenheit and 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit, during the last century.
The study says humans are most likely to blame for at least 67 percent
of that warming, ABC reported, and the scientists expect hurricanes
will become even stronger as the oceans continue to warm.
The U.S. Department of Energy-funded study appears in the online
edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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"All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women."
--Voltaire (1694-1778) French Philosopher and Author