Question

Hurricanes are powered by heat energy in the atmosphere and the ocean. Typically, a “small” hurricane uses an amount of heat roughly equal to 16.89 thousand atomic bombs. If just half of the excess heat built up in Earth’s atmosphere since the year 1900 went into producing hurricanes, about how many more hurricanes might we expect in the world every year?

Answer 1

The average number of hurricanes per globally stands at 15 hurricanes per year due to excess heat built up in Earth’s atmosphere.

What are hurricanes?

Hurricanes are huge storms produced in the tropics due to large amounts of water vapor present in the atmosphere from the ocean coupled with strong winds with devastating effects on land.

The activities of man such as burning of fossil fuels have resulted in increased build of heat in the atmosphere and warming of the oceans. This is known as global warming.

Due to global warming, on average, the number of hurricanes per globally stands at 15 hurricanes per year.

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