There are cities underwater in the Mediterranean basin. Sea levels rose in the distant past, but not as much since historical records. We're still technically in an ice age, and I have no idea howuch human activity really contributed to recorded temperatures. We have so little direct data, and what people assume about the past is political as much as scientific. There were thriving farms in Greenland 1000 years ago, and they grew grapes for wine in England. We know it isn't a static thing, so how much we did compared to longer cycles is open to question as far as I am concerned.
The empirical data on hurricane severity and frequency is here. It's not as bad as we might think, and the impact is due as much to population and infrastructure growth as growing severity.
I do not know why our weather is wonky, like you said I think it might be both, man and nature, we may never know. If the government knows, they will not tell the people, they will work it into their agenda, and of course that means making them more money.
That is a cool chart but it only goes back to 1851, and it puts Cat 3, 4, and 5 in one category, I was talking about how we are seeing more Cat5 than we did in the past. Last year, we had 18 named storms with 11 turning into a hurricane. Five were major hurricanes, Category 3 or higher, two of the 5 were Cat5.
Then I saw something that I knew was wrong.
2021-2023 the chart says we had a total of 4 hurricanes 3 being major.
If you Google how many we had you get this.
The number of hurricanes that occurred from 2021 to 2023 is:
2021: 7 hurricanes
2022: 14 tropical cyclones
2023: 7 hurricanes
The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially ended on November 30th. In total, we saw 14 named storms, 8 hurricanes (2 major), and 2 tropical depressions.
They got 2011 to 2020 right.