re: #32 Aceofwhat?

This study, and others like it, say the opposite; the frequency of hurricanes may decrease, with the frequency of less-powerful storms increasing.

I don’t see this in the abstract you linked. Do you have access to the complete paper?

I’m not saying it’s a reason to celebrate AGW, don’t get me wrong. It’s just a part of the puzzle that i’ve been casually interested in. I had thought that a long-held climatology axiom was that the severity of storms should increase in correlation with an increase in the difference between tropical and polar temperatures.

I don’t think the answer is known for sure. This is one of the unsettled areas.