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Published online 16 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060313-12
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Warming seas cause stronger hurricanes
Mega-storms are set to increase as the climate hots up.
Warmer ocean waters are indeed a key factor in creating more devastating hurricanes, atmospheric scientists have found. The finding confirms what many have suspected: that rising temperatures are directly linked to the upswing in hurricane intensity seen in the past few decades.
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