Scientists say hurricanes have become more common and powerful

According to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, published today (11), since 1900 hurricanes have become much more destructive and common. Moreover, the most overwhelming of these phenomena have beenThis new method of comparison makes it easier to understand the extent of the destruction. Using the old criterion, for example, a hurricane that hits a rural area would be considered far less devastating than one that sweeps a large city, as it would result in less financial loss as the countryside is often less populated and tends to have few. Expensive buildings.

According to the researchers, global warming has been responsible for the intensification of hurricanes since the year 1900. According to the data collected, the southern and eastern coasts of the United States, for example, currently have a much more climate prone to such phenomena. that about a century ago. three times more frequent since the end of the last century.

To analyze the power of each hurricane, Danish scientists have created a new criterion that takes into account the size of the areas that would be completely devastated. Until then, the force of the phenomenon was estimated by the material damage it caused, that is, by the financial costs of its action.