It's relative: Contrasting hurricane theories heat up

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Mathematics and Statistics  Thu, 10/30/2008 - 22:00

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) In a paper published in the journal Science today, Gabriel A.

Vecchi, Kyle L. Swanson and Brian J. Soden teamed up to study hurricane data observed over 50 years. The study explores the relationship between sea surface temperatures and seasonal hurricane activity, and show how differing interpretations of the record can imply vastly different futures for Atlantic hurricane activity due to global warming.

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