Climate change could be driving tropical storms to become more powerful and rainier as the climate warms, but they would also become less common, according to a 2012 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that we might not be so lucky.
According to a report from Time, the report argues that tropical cyclones are likely to become both stronger and more frequent as the climate warms, especially in the western North Pacific, and the North Atlantic won’t be spared either.