Climate change won’t mean more storms overall — but it probably will mean that that biggest storms become even bigger, scientists say. While there are some hypotheses that this slowing may be caused by climate change in the Arctic, Anand Gnanadesikan, a climate scientist at Johns Hopkins University, said the two were unlikely to be linked. Examining the dynamics shaping Hurricane Harvey may help researchers get a better handle on climate change, scientists said. “With climate change … what used to be a 500-year event is becoming a 70-year event or a 50-year event. MORE IN SCIENCEWhat should you say to a climate change skeptic?

Source: Los Angeles Times August 30, 2017 20:48 UTC