New Models Show Stronger Atlantic Hurricanes, and More of Them

This is a re-post from This is Not Cool

Here’s an example of some of the best kind of climate reporting, especially in that it relates to impacts that will directly affect the audience.

WFLA in Tampa conducted a study in collaboration with the Department of Energy, analyzing trends in hurricane strength, and projecting hurricane activity in to the future.
The results are sobering.

One of the predictions is for hurricanes with 20 percent stronger maximum winds. As Jeff Berardelli explains below, that 20 percent is actually much, much worse than it sounds.