The cleaner the air, the more the number of storms increases

The increased number of storms will be one of the side effects of efforts to clean up the atmosphere, meteorologists affirmed.

Many studies show that the number of tropical storms in the Americas and Caribbean waters has increased since the 1980s. Similar trends also occur on the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. To understand the cause, British Meteorological Agency experts modeled on computers to understand the link between the level of air pollution and the number of storms above the Atlantic, Livescience reported.

A storm formed on the Atlantic Ocean and poured into the United States.(Photo: inc.com)

'Since countries implemented a series of measures to clean up the air in the 1980s, the density of microscopic dust particles on the Atlantic Ocean has decreased. Our models show that the situation makes the number of storms increase , 'said Dr. Nick Dunstone, lead researcher.

According to the team, microscopic dust particles in the air make the clouds brighter. The higher the brightness of clouds, the greater the amount of sunlight they reflect. The greater the amount of sunlight reflected, the lower the temperature of the ocean surface.

Some previous studies have shown that the higher the temperature on the ocean surface, the stronger the storms and the higher the number of storms. Thus, the cleaner the air, the lower the density of dust particles, meaning that the storm increases in both quantity and strength.

Typhoons form above warm waters on the ocean. They can stretch over an area of ​​up to 1,000km and reach speeds of up to 320km / h. For most of the 20th century, air pollution created adverse conditions for the formation of storms, causing the number of storms to decline.

But since the 1980s, the air above the Atlantic Ocean has become cleaner. That situation created more favorable conditions for the formation of storms, the team argued.