MIT professor says g. w. responsible for more and bigger hurricanes

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An MIT Professor says that hurricanes have been getting more powerful over the last few decades, and warns that the trend is likely to continue. He says that global warming is a contributory factor.
In a paper appearing in the online edition of the journal Nature Kerry Emmanuel, professor of meteorology in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, writes:
"My results suggest that future warming may lead to an upward trend in destructive potential, and - taking into account an increasing coastal population - a substantial increase in hurricane-related losses in the 21st century."
(40) K. Emmanuel et al, MIT, Nature(online addition), August 4, 2005, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/04/hurricane_stronger/

There has been a huge increase in hurricane and natural disaster related insurance company losses over the last decade, and major insurance companies are in consensus that global warming is a major factor.
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