And new research suggests that as average temperatures rise, the sorts of intense storms that frequently spawn tornadoes are becoming more common outside parts of the Midwest known as “tornado alley.”
A warming climate means more of that instability, Allen said. The warmer the air is closer to the ground, and the greater the temperature difference with the air above it, the more likely it will rise and stir violent atmospheric clashes.A warming climate doesn’t necessarily change much about the potential for summer storms, when hot and muggy conditions make afternoon storms more common, said Harold Brooks, a senior research scientist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.
The researchers developed the predictions by modeling storm activity based on warming projections for the coming decades.
Still, it’s not clear if those influences will mean fewer tornadoes. As long as wind shear and convective inhibition allow storm development on days when storm fuel is present, then tornado risks will continue to occur, Hoogewind said.A central challenge complicates any analysis of what could drive or inhibit tornado formation: As ferocious as they can be, tornadoes are tiny phenomena compared with the scale of planetary warming.
CO2 levels have been rising over last 8 thousand years to around 300 ppm at end of the Little Ice Age. Temp was 4degC higher at the start of the 8k years. Temps fell while CO2 concentration increased. Now, temps are much closer to breaking all-time cold records vs all-time highs.
100s of years of actual data prove Universe controls climate, humans don't affect it. Actual data for temps, droughts, storms show current events are more mild. Geothermal (eg. ocean) & geo plate shifts main climate drivers. Arson drives fires.
This is pure bs pushing the fake climate con.
Why are you so against my religion when you continually try to proselytize into your doomsday green cult? Earth has not warmed in 15 years per the data your cult suppresses
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Absolute trash paper. Lies from start to finish.
hahahahaha, the leftist members of the Church of Global Harming (COGH) still try to convince their lemmings that killing off a few hundred million poor people, around the world, with their desires to stop the poor from accessing clean natural gas, is justified if they stop the…
This phenom happens in the whole planet!
Bull 💩. There is no proof that AGW is creating a crisis. The earth has been warmer in the past w/out AGW. So why the fake crisis? It’s a money & power grab.
I stopped at 'new research suggests' These people are well trained in the use of words. Deception is a dangerous tool.
Manipulated weather?
Fear porn.
Really? Is it really necessary to run the fear porn stories...
Tornadoes only started happening when leftists and uniparty shills in congress invested in green energy startups and butting heads with the oil and gas industry. Never happened before.
Blah, blah, blah. Blue pill bullshit.
Sure
misinformation
Maybe stop allowing corporations to pollute? Send this to the ceos email not us people strugging to get food on the table smucks
Nothing You know nothing
“suggests”
WAPos liars!
BS!
How about we don’t victim-shame every natural disaster? Do better.
where's your proof that the temperatures are rising? I see many conflicting statistic but mainly I see what I see with my own eyes - there's been fear mongering about global warming since my teens - I'm now 66 - the air is no warmer now than it was back in the 70's!
ZOMG, cLiMaTe cRiSiS!!!11!!1!!1!
How many million years are missing from your data
Your oil good for the planet my oil bad
Oh shut up
Imagine a political party so powerful, so wealthy, so cunning they can get you to believe anything. They’ll have you killing babies, indoctrinating kids into believing there’s 82 genders, ignoring sky high crime rates, embracing open borders. Democrats the party of wealth & evil.
US could go to zero emissions today and unless the rest of the world matched our current emission controls global warming would not change. China, Russia, Ukraine and Iran are getting ready to start WWIII. Good luck.
The oceans HAVE NOT RISEN ONE INCH. 'Climate' ... CHANGES ... all-the-time. If you don't like floods, hurricanes, tornados, cyclones, or earthquakes; DON'T LIVE WHERE THAT HAPPENS.
Shutdown all gas stations and remove all gas appliances. Then arrest anyone driving a gas powered car or diesel.
I’m born and raised Oklahoman. The jet stream has definitely moved east. Curious if it has anything to do with the change of the earth’s axis?
Small hats controlling the weather, what’s new