While there is no apparent connection between warming and an increase in the number of hurricanes, there is a growing literature -- including some half-dozen peer-reviewed studies -- which find that warmer surface waters generate more powerful and destructive hurricanes.
Tropical Storms 50 Percent More Intense since 1970s [1]
Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment [2]
Global Warming Affects Hurricane Intensity - [3]
Man-made factors [4]fuel hurricanes
UK Science Adviser Ties Katrina to Warming [5]
"Expect Increased Hurricane Intensity" -- Kevin Trenberth [6]
Warming boosts strongest storms [7]
Penetration of Human-Induced Warming into the World's Oceans [8]
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