Evidence that hurricanes are getting stronger

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Kerry Emanuel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 16;117(24):13194-13195.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007742117. Epub 2020 May 29.

¹ Lorenz Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 emanuel@mit.edu.

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Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades.
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