A reading to learn about recent changes in hurricane activity, specifically in the Atlantic.
Reading: Changes in Intensity and Frequency of Hurricanes
Reading: Hurricanes and Climate Change
A reading to learn about what affect hurricane activity and the measures that can help in building resilience to the impacts of hurricanes.
Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Statistical Methods to Determine Trends in Hurricane Intensity
A classroom/laboratory activity to learn about linear slope, trends, confidence intervals, and Student’s t-distribution by calculating trends and uncertainties using hurricane data records over 40 years.
Video: Rising Sea Surface Temperature and Hurricane Intensity
A video to learn about hurricanes as heat engines, and the possible effects of increasing sea surface temperature on the intensity and frequency of hurricanes.