Sentence examples for frequencies of hurricanes from inspiring English sources

Mr. Crichton included many footnoted references to a selection of actual data — rates of sea-level rise, frequencies of hurricanes — as well as bibliographies and direct comments to the reader ("the people of 2100 will be much richer than we are," for example).

Professor Emanuel asserted often that no firm link had been established between warming and the intensity and frequency of hurricanes.

But since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the agency has toughened its 100-year standard, based on new information about land subsidence and the increasing severity and frequency of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico.

And, by extending the method to other sites (Dr Miller now has data from South Carolina and Florida, as well as Georgia), it should be possible to look for long-term patterns in the frequency of hurricanes and to answer questions that are of interest to insurance companies and environmentalists alike.

Some studies have suggested that rising temperatures worldwide are to blame for the increased frequency of hurricanes (ScienceNOW, 27 June).

The immediate reason is not global warming, although that may have a long-term effect, but a cyclical change in the power and frequency of hurricanes being generated over the Atlantic Ocean.

Even during the warm cycle, however, seasonal variations can reduce the frequency of hurricanes.

Whether or not climate change actually affects the frequency of hurricanes is more intensely debated.

Moreover, no one is relying on the frequency of hurricanes as evidence of climate change.

Scientists would be pushed into mindless discussions about the retreat of glaciers, the frequency of hurricanes, the meaning of droughts.

In more recent work, Emanuel states that new climate modeling data indicates "global warming should reduce the global frequency of hurricanes".