Development is consuming significant acreage in farmland and coastal wetlands that helped to shield urban areas from Gulf waters during hurricanes. (Credit: EvgeniyQW/Adobe Stock)
Hurricanes provide a window into the potential effects of climate change as it progresses. Steadily increasing atmospheric CO2 helps to warm the air and the oceans, and those rising temperatures provide more potent fuel for developing tropical cyclones. Meanwhile, temperatures are climbing even faster at the poles than at the equator, which recent research links to changes in atmospheric steering currents and potential reductions in vertical wind shear, muting an inhibiting factor for hurricanes.
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