A group of scientists from the USA, India and UAE have noted a marked decrease in cyclonic activity in the Indian Ocean over the past few decades. They concluded that from 1981 to 2010, the number of cyclones in the region decreased by 43% compared to the 1951-1980 period. To work published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
According to meteorologists, the reduction in the number of cyclones is due to weakening of long-term temperature fluctuations that cause “cold” and “hot” phases every 20 to 30 years.
Despite the silence, scientists predict that powerful tropical cyclones will emerge in the Indian Ocean in the near future. Due to global warming, they can occur near the equator, where atmospheric vortices occur relatively rarely.
The researchers hope their work will alert residents of potentially vulnerable areas and give them time to prepare for the threat of devastating storms.
Formerly paleoclimatologists approved The link between climate warming and storms.