What are the storm statistics in the US since 1851?
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North Atlantic Ocean Historical Tropical Cyclone Statistics
This is a very comprehensive processing of storms and hurricanes over the North American Atlantic and the Caribbean. It must be seen that here the focus is on hurricanes over the warm parts of the Atlantic, which can then move northeast towards Europe. And end up in perhaps an ordinary storm, but sometimes what we in Europe call hurricanes with average speeds over 32.7 m/s. Tropical hurricanes can form when the water temperature is 26°C or higher. There is no doubt that the number of strong storms and hurricanes has increased significantly during the 20th century. It is also clear that it has varied during the 20th century. It was fairly consistent between 1851 and 1930. But then there is a significant increase in storms during a time when the Earth's temperature also rose between 1940 and 1960. After that, the use of coal increased greatly, which meant increasing concerns about air pollution. When I myself studied meteorology in the early 70s, air pollution from England was the main concern in Sweden. More than our own pollution. Because Sweden is better. Some people started talking about a new ice age when temperatures dropped. Air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, soot, which have a strong impact. With the result that greenhouse gas emissions were hidden. Then a lot was done in the Western world about pollution, both in industries and cars, which no longer emit as much nitrogen oxides as before. Gasoline-powered cars have reduced their emissions significantly more than diesel-powered cars. Despite this, sales of diesel cars are increasing much more, as they use less fuel. During the late 1900s, the Earth's temperatures increased somewhat. This is when people start talking about the hockey stick effect. But in the early 2000s, industrialization in China, but also India, will be noticeable to such an extent that the Earth's temperature increase will decrease. This is due to more air pollution, again mainly sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and soot, which plays such a big role that the Earth's temperature increase will stop for a little over ten years. China is managing to address its worst problems, with the air getting a little better and the increase in temperatures caused by greenhouse gases having the strongest impact. In the post-Covid period, temperatures are rising more. China is still increasing its coal burning, but the most polluting coal-fired power plants are being closed. Air pollution has such a catastrophic impact on both human health and the Earth's temperature that it is not easy to start burning more coal just to lower temperatures on an increasingly hot planet. The same effect as human-caused air pollution has large volcanic eruptions, as sulfur dioxide is also present here. Leif Lindblom Fil. Kand. info@leiflindblom.se 0706861213, 520714-xxxx, Blogg: https://leif-lindblom.com




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