Why do hot ocean temperatures cause more typhoons? or stronger typhoons? What about colder ocean temperatures?

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Why do hot ocean temperatures cause more typhoons? or stronger typhoons? What about colder ocean temperatures?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Hurricanes, typhoons and severe tropical cyclones form over warm ocean water, the warmer the air above the ocean the faster new air is sucked into the storm and the larger it grows and the faster the winds. With global warming increasing the temperature of the oceans more hurricanes are likely to develop in the future. – https://youtu.be/VWCVohW5mD8

Anonymous 0 Comments

hot air rises, this is what generally causes wind. When the conditions are just right, they can form a typhoon, for this to happen the air needs flat terrain and a good heat source, warm water can store a lot of heat, and the water-surface is relatively flat. When the ocean temperatures rise, water stores more heat, and more places can form the conditions to form typhoons. Once typhoons leave the area where the conditions allow their formation, they start to loose energy and because the areas where they can form are growing, they both have more time to grow AND loose less energy before hitting land

Anonymous 0 Comments

In the simplest terms.

Heat is Energy.

More energy to draw from = Larger/Stronger Storm.