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Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currents

  • Written by Wei Mei, Assistant Professor of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currentsHurricane Nicole was a Category 1 storm, but it caused extensive damage to Florida in 2022.Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory

Tropical cyclones have been growing stronger worldwide over the past 30 years, and not just the big ones that you hear about. Our new research finds that weak tropical cyclones have gotten at least 15% more intense in...

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