Global warming is causing powerful hurricanes to become even more intense, a new study says. Warmer seawater has boosted the average wind speed of powerful hurricanes from 140 miles (225 kilometers) an hour in 1981 to 157 miles (253 kilometers) an hour...

September 4, 2008

Boston (dbTechno) - Hurricanes are clearly getting stronger, with evidence of that being major storms such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Gustav more recently,  It appears though that the strongest hurricanes are still yet to come.

According to a new report released by researchers from the University of Wisconsin, the average wind speed of an extreme cyclone every year has increased.

Since the start of the warming of sea temperatures, hurricanes and other similar storms continue to get faster.

Though the number of actual weaker storms has not changed, it is becoming clear and apparent that the number of major storms is increasing.

Researchers for the study looked over 26 years of satellite data from 1981 to 2006.

What they have found is that over that time period, the strongest storms have gotten stronger, along with the rise in sea temperatures.

So what does this mean?  It means that the strongest hurricanes may still be yet to come.

The study has been published in the September 4th issue of Nature.

Source: dBTechno