{"677455":{"#nid":"677455","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Category 6 Hurricanes: Is There Such a Thing?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECategory 5 is currently the highest hurricane category, but many experts suggest that as hurricanes become more powerful due to climate change, a Category 6 may be needed. \u0022There is strong agreement that the frequency and intensity of major tropical cyclones \u2014 Category 3 and above \u2014 are likely to increase as a result of climate change,\u0022 says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/sarhadi-dr-ali\u0022\u003EAli Sarhadi,\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0022This is driven by rising ocean temperatures, which provide more thermal energy to fuel tropical cyclones, and the increased capacity of a warmer atmosphere to hold moisture, leading to heavier rainfall during the landfall of these storms.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECategory 5 is currently the highest hurricane category, but many experts suggest that as hurricanes become more powerful due to climate change, a Category 6 may be needed. \u0022There is strong agreement that the frequency and intensity of major tropical cyclones \u2014 Category 3 and above \u2014 are likely to increase as a result of climate change,\u0022 says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/sarhadi-dr-ali\u0022\u003EAli Sarhadi,\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0022This is driven by rising ocean temperatures, which provide more thermal energy to fuel tropical cyclones, and the increased capacity of a warmer atmosphere to hold moisture, leading to heavier rainfall during the landfall of these storms.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-10-10 19:01:52","changed_gmt":"2024-10-15 18:42:55","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Newsweek","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hurricane-milton-category-6-weather-storms-climate-change-1965529","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"1860","name":"hurricane"},{"id":"194022","name":"hurricane strength"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}