In recent years, a matter of debate among climate experts has been whether global warming would increase the incidence of storms globally.
A study just released by the University of Toronto (Canada) suggests that in reality the general calculation will not change , since the strength of the largest will increase to the detriment of the small ones.
To reach this conclusion, experts have compared the global climate to a machine that needs fuel – energy from the sun – to function. The air in the tropics is warmer, but that heat is distributed through atmospheric circulation.
That is the mission of the machine. However, part of the energy (one third, approximately) is used in the condensation of water and the precipitation of rain and snow
By applying the laws of thermodynamics and the techniques of oceanography to this model, Toronto scientists have found that the "atmospheric machine" will increasingly allocate more energy to the water cycle – there will be more evaporation – and less to air circulation . As a result, there will be fewer storms , but since the atmosphere still has to get rid of the water, they will become more and more intense.
