José J. Hernández-Ayala

Apr 19, 2023 | journals.plos.org | Puerto Rico |Rohnert Park |Rafael Méndez-Tejeda |José J. Hernández-Ayala

There is no doubt that global warming is altering weather patterns and climatic trends all over the world, yet how Earth’s changing climate is affecting hurricanes is still not fully understood. Hurricanes are powerful tropical cyclones (TCs) that develop in the warm waters of our planet’s oceans. They are known as typhoons in the West Pacific and cyclones in the Indian Ocean.