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Originally Posted by Guest
Hurricane Irma was the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, but it was neither one of the deadliest nor one of the most destructive.
Other people have named the three most powerful. I would point out that the most deadly in terms of deaths was the unnamed storm that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900, killing 8,000 people.
Since 1851, a total of 293 North Atlantic hurricanes produced hurricane-force winds in 19 states along the Atlantic coast. We are not seeing "more" or "more deadly" hurricanes due to alleged "climate change."
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A totally inadequate conclusion. Since "global" climate is involved, why only talk about North Atlantic hurricanes?
One cannot equate the number of deaths with the ferocity of the storm. Inadequate preparation for such storms, and the unlikelihood that there was advance warning of such a storm is the more likely culprit of such a large number of casualties.
How Will Scientists Find Out Whether Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Worse? see:
How Will Scientists Find Out Whether Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Worse? | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Originally Posted by Guest
I know of no one who denies that the climate changes over time. Geology demonstrates that. But climate change, both colder and warmer, has taken place before the human industrial revolution. Much of the changes may be attributed to volcanic action, sunspots, the tilt of the Earth, etc.Carl in Tampa
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"When in the life of the Earth did climate not change?Is global warming a natural cycle? Or is global warming affected by human influence? What does the science say? Both are true. In the natural cycle, the world can warm, and cool, without any human interference. For the past million years this has occurred over and over again at approximately 100,000 year intervals. About 80-90,000 years of ice age with about 10-20,000 years of warm period, give or take some thousands of years.
The difference is that in the natural cycle CO2 lags behind the warming because it is mainly due to the Milankovitch cycles. Now CO2 is leading the warming. Current warming is clearly not natural cycle.
Where are we currently in the natural cycle (Milankovitch cycle)? The warmest point of the last cycle was around 10,000 years ago, at the peak of the Holocene. Since then, there has been an overall cooling trend, consistent with a continuation of the natural cycle, and this cooling would continue for thousands of years into the future if all else remained the same. But since 1750 however, the CO2 content of the atmosphere has deviated from the natural cycle. Instead of decreasing, it has increased because of the fossil-fuel burning. Methane and nitrous oxide have also increased unnaturally because of agricultural practices and other factors. The world has also warmed unnaturally. We are now deviating from the natural cycle."
http://ossfoundation.us/projects/env.../natural-cycle