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You might remember late last year a study was published arguing that hurricanes were staying stronger, longer over land, looking at 1967-2018
Headlines followed ...
You might remember late last year a study was published arguing that hurricanes were staying stronger, longer over land, looking at 1967-2018
Headlines followed ...
New study looks at a longer time period-1900-2019-finds over the period of record that storms are actually weakening faster (non-sig downward trend), even after removing outliers
"There is no significant linear trend throughout the whole 120-year period"
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…
"There is no significant linear trend throughout the whole 120-year period"
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…
But fear not
By looking at 15 data points since 1980 an upwards trend can still be claimed
Where would hurricanes & climate change discussions be without analyses that start in 1980? Whew ;-)
By looking at 15 data points since 1980 an upwards trend can still be claimed
Where would hurricanes & climate change discussions be without analyses that start in 1980? Whew ;-)
PS. @RyanMaue and I warned you about these data when the original paper came out, and based on new analysis, we were right
https://twitter.com/rogerpielkejr/status/1326606666805075968
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