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You know how they say bad news comes in threes? Well apparently, that's true for tornadoes, too - and the clusters of twisters aren't just limited to three, either.
Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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Emma Dauster: Writer
Courtney Tern: Fact Checker
Amy Peterson: Script Editor
Faith Evelyn Schmidt: Videographer
Stefan Chin: Script Supervisor
Seth Gliksman: Editor
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Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
----------
Emma Dauster: Writer
Courtney Tern: Fact Checker
Amy Peterson: Script Editor
Faith Evelyn Schmidt: Videographer
Stefan Chin: Script Supervisor
Seth Gliksman: Editor
Mackenna Goodrich: Associate Producer
Aimee Roberts: Art Director
Daniel Comiskey: Editorial Director
Savannah Geary: Producer
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.aah7393
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/amo_faq.php
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benkelman_NE_tornado_May_26,_2021.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EF3_tornado_near_Nickerson,_Kansas.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amo_timeseries_1856-present.svg
Savannah: Tornadoes are clumping together. Over the last 50 years, we've seen tornadoes hitting in clusters more and more often. And they can sometimes come in waves of six or more, one right after the other. The weird part? Researchers aren't entirely sure why that's happening.
One idea is that it's related to the change in how storm winds are churning. Winds have been showing more shear on average across the decades, and that change lines up with the average increase in tornadoes per outbreak.
There's also a phenomenon called "Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation," where the ocean's surface temperature has been flip-floping since before the climate crisis began, which makes the negative side effects of warming temperatures seem even worse. And all of that could be why -
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One idea is that it's related to the change in how storm winds are churning. Winds have been showing more shear on average across the decades, and that change lines up with the average increase in tornadoes per outbreak.
There's also a phenomenon called "Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation," where the ocean's surface temperature has been flip-floping since before the climate crisis began, which makes the negative side effects of warming temperatures seem even worse. And all of that could be why -
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