Hurricanes: Tempests in a greenhouse
http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2349743

Kerry Emanuel, Physics Today


This article from Physics Today describes hurricanes as enormous heat engines and details how rising global temperatures and sea surface temperatures contribute to the severity and frequency of occurrence of hurricanes.

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This resource is referenced here:Keywords: hurricanes, greenhouse effect, global warming