Do we have more tornadoes in the united states because of global warming?

Question

Do we have more tornadoes in the united states because of global warming?

Answer 1

The question that is important is "has man's emissions of CO2 resulted in more tornadoes."   Since man's emissions to date probably haven't raised the temperature even one degree, the answer is that man's effect on storms cannot be discerned with available technology or knowledge.  Those that pretend that it can or that it is significant are delusional or liars IMO.

Answer 2

the strange thing about tuesdays outbreak was the time of year and location of the tornadoes. However, this one event can be blamed on global warming - if these types of events begin happening with greater frequency then you can start to draw a conclusion.

I don't believe there has been an outbreak like this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sup...

in the last 34 years - however, this outbreak occured in the spring.

Answer 3

"The Enigma outbreak is thought to be among the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history, striking on February 19 - February 20, 1884.

As the precise number of tornadoes as well as fatalities incurred during the outbreak are unknown, the nickname "Enigma outbreak" has come to be associated with the storm. Nonetheless, an inspection of newspaper reports and governmental studies published in the aftermath reveals tornadoes (or - more likely - long-track tornado families) striking Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with estimated numbers of between 50 and 100 tornadoes. Some events counted as tornadoes in initial studies such as those by John Park Finley were actually downbursts, especially in northern and northeastern portions of the outbreak.[1]"

Outbreaks of tornadoes during January and February have been recorded quite often over the last 130 years (note the frequency during the 1940s/50s):

1880s - once

1890s - twice

1900s - none

1910s - once

1920s - once

1930s - none

1940s - four times

1950s - three times

1960s - twice

1970s - twice

1980s - none (twice in Dec, though)

1990s - twice

2000s - five times

Note...as other have mentioned before, greater populations and advanced technology simply means more storms are being reported, not produced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nor...

Answer 4

OMG, it might rain because of Global Warming too, what is going to happen next, lightning, wind, hail, sunshine, clouds and yes maybe we will have earthquakes because of Global Warming. Tornadoes are a part of weather.

Answer 5

an excerpt from a post by Jack H

The most recent attempt to imply there was an overwhelming scientific "consensus" in favor of man-made global warming fears came in December 2007 during the UN climate conference in Bali. A letter signed by only 215 scientists urged the UN to mandate deep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. But absent from the letter were the signatures of these alleged "thousands" of scientists. (See AP article: - LINK )

UN IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri urged the world at the December 2007 UN climate conference in Bali, Indonesia to "Please listen to the voice of science."

The science has continued to grow loud and clear in 2007. In addition to the growing number of scientists expressing skepticism, an abundance of recent peer-reviewed studies have cast considerable doubt about man-made global warming fears. A November 3, 2007 peer-reviewed study found that "solar changes significantly alter climate." (LINK) A December 2007 peer-reviewed study recalculated and halved the global average surface temperature trend between 1980 - 2002. (LINK) Another new study found the Medieval Warm Period "0.3C warmer than 20th century" (LINK)

A peer-reviewed study by a team of scientists found that "warming is naturally caused and shows no human influence." (LINK) - Another November 2007 peer-reviewed study in the journal Physical Geography found "Long-term climate change is driven by solar insolation changes." (LINK ) These recent studies were in addition to the abundance of peer-reviewed studies earlier in 2007. - See "New Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears" (LINK )

With this new report of profiling 400 skeptical scientists, the world can finally hear the voices of the "silent majority" of scientists."

So there you have it

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Answer 6

Yeah, that was funny.  Kerry never fails to make an @$$ out of himself.

Answer 7

Of course not.  We aren't having any more tornados now than in past years.

Answer 8

I think so

Answer 9

NO. We are moving out and spreading out of town centers which makes the chance of getting hit by tornados more possible.  Sorry progress has a danger to it but we all chance it in life because nothing is guarenteed.  When tornados hit a field it does not make the news only when it destroys houses and structures does it matter.  My area gets hit every few years and yes I am from TN but we were lucky this year but next year may be our turn.

Answer 10

this kind of question can only be answered 10-20-40 years later, when the weather trends can be correlated to climate.

weather today, or yesterday, or the day before, is just that -- weather.

global warming does make some predictions.

one of those predictions is that the weather will become more erratic.

but it seems that weather has never been very consistent.

Answer 11

sure seems that way to me.

Answer 12

h**l no we are having just as many now as there were a hundered years ago 30 years ago we were all going to die from global cooling now its global warming whats next