First, Jim Kossin of NOAA, the signal of climate now making hurricanes stronger is significant at the 95 percent level, or greater. So yeah, more hurricanes are getting stronger, and the strongest ones are getting even stronger.
“Whether or not you have more storms or less storms, when you do have a storm, it’s more likely to become a major hurricane than it was 40 years ago.”
Below, Kevin Trenberth and LiJing Cheng discuss how warmer water amplifies hurricane impacts.
Below, Kerry Emanuel of MIT, on how we subsidize increasing climate risks.