Earth and atmospheric sciences

“A new study has revealed an overlooked trend: tropical cyclone activity is shifting away from the tropics and toward the poles,” writes Andrea Thompson in a Huffington Post piece on new research from MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel. 

NPR reporter Scott Neuman writes about how researchers have found that storms are, “migrating out of the tropics, reaching their peak intensity in higher latitudes, where larger populations are concentrated.”

Scientific American reporter David Biello discusses new research that shows that major storms are shifting towards the poles. “The record reveals that peak cyclone location has been shifting toward both poles at a rate of about 35 miles per decade, roughly one-half a degree of latitude,” Biello explains.

A new study co-authored by MIT’s Kerry Emanuel finds that as the Earth’s oceans have warmed, destructive storms have moved further from the equator, writes Jason Samenow for The Washington Post. 

The Christian Science Monitor’s Peter Spotts reports on new MIT research that finds volcanoes may be the cause of a recent hiatus in the rise of global surface temperatures.