Hurricanes are getting so strong in a warming world that a Category 6 intensity should be added to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale, a new study finds.

Why it matters: The research shows how significantly climate change is altering storm intensity and other characteristics, as well as further underscoring the limitations of the scale.

Reality check: The paper, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, does not represent an official move by the National Hurricane Center to add another hurricane category.

  • @jordanlundM
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    Not sure this counts as “Politics”. It’s more “News” or “Science” until Trump picks up a sharpie pen again. ;)

    Leaving it for now, might remove later.

    • @DevCatOP
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      109 months ago

      It references climate change as the cause. One of the most politically charged concepts around the world.

    • @AllonzeeLV
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      9 months ago

      When it’s one of the core disagreements between our only 2 parties that matter, I’d call it political.

      Hell, modern Republicans barely have any policy besides “nuhuh” but they still fiercely attack addressing climate change as “commie Leninist socialism.”