Has climate change made hurricanes fiercer, or are such claims hot air?

[Earth Science]
The Wind and the Fury: Has climate change made hurricanes
fiercer, or are such claims hot air?

New research suggests that, as global warming proceeds,
hurricane winds will gain speed and the storms will dump
more rain, but controversy lingers as to how much more
violent the storms will become and when they will occur.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050917/bob8.asp
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