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SUBMITTER: Ramos-Scharron CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821759 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20191030 1
The effects of global climate change on the intensity of tropical cyclones are yet to be fully understood due to the variety of factors that affect storm intensity, the limited time spans of existing records, and the diversity of metrics by which intensity is characterized. The 2017 North Atlantic hurricane season induced record-breaking economic losses and caused hundreds of fatalities, and for many represents a presage of what the future holds under warmer tropical sea surface temperatures. Th ...[more]