The devastation created by Hurricane Katrina, following the four hurricanes that swept the Gulf states in 2004, has left many people wondering whether there is a cause-and-effect relationship between global warming and hurricanes.
While scientists generally agree that increases in atmospheric and surface temperatures eventually would lead to more frequent and severe storms, they are divided in their assessment of whether current climate changes are behind the recent hurricanes. Meanwhile, Hurricane Katrina may have created an environmental disaster of another kind in New Orleans and the surrounding area.
While scientists generally agree that increases in atmospheric and surface temperatures eventually would lead to more frequent and severe storms, they are divided in their assessment of whether current climate changes are behind the recent hurricanes. Meanwhile, Hurricane Katrina may have created an environmental disaster of another kind in New Orleans and the surrounding area.
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i think that they should keep this on here
Why raise a hypothisis already disproved by 2006 Huricane Season in Atlantic. Global warming for recent years has been unrelenting. Huricane seasons up and down back to back years shows other variables control not warming. What other “science” is so poorly supported by emperical facts?
Bob,
As long as a significant number of climate scientists continue to study and debate this question, I’ll continue to provide information about their inquiries and conclusions. That seems entirely reasonable to me.
Larry
What was the cause of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 hurricane at landfall, so it was certainly not the biggest – or most powerful – hurricane to strike the mainland United States. The problem with Katrina was due to the intense flooding which occurred due to New Orleans being below sea level in addition to levees that wouldn’t hold the water back out of the city.
haii
I certainly believe that global warming is a propable cause for the hurricane Katrina disaster!Considering other similar events of flooding around the world and also the industrial location of the town it hit.Nature always react to our activities.
Here’s one of many, many studies showing no corrleation between hurricane numbers or intensities vs “global warming”: http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N39/C2.php
i’ve studied global warming,it is caused by air pollution mostly.when you use perfume or fly spray you release a cemical called cfcs (for short)this nasty cemical create holes in our ozone layer which let the sun beam in and cause the is caps to melt.so if global warming was the cause of this awful disaster,the global warming was created by the people in katrina so who’s to blame the people or the disaster.
hurricane Katrina was a category 4/5 hurricane, it was due to the below sea level city of New Orleans and happened because the flood prevention levees were not built strong causing the city to flood. It may not have been that strong but the poor evacuation and planning was poor meaning that when it eventually came they could not stop it because New orleans did not have the money to stop and take precautions as it was in the poorest part of a MEDC country (more economically developed country) If it was in a place like los Angeles the hurricane would not have had as big an impact as the in New Orleans as it has more money that is why it was such a big disaster.
Ollie 12 years old
When a thunderstorm passes over warm ocean air they combine and form a mass winds passing the other way cause it to spin and low pressure and winds are formed at the surface, this keeps going as the hurricane is poweed by CONVECTION CURRENTS of warm, moist air from the sea, which then creates strong winds, low pressure and cumulo-nimbus clouds which produce heavy rain.