Super typhoons to increase in strength with climate change, researchers find

By Peter Hannam
Updated June 29 2015 - 11:08am, first published May 30 2015 - 1:34pm
Super Typhoon Haiyan as it approached the Philippines in November 2013. Photo: NASA
Super Typhoon Haiyan as it approached the Philippines in November 2013. Photo: NASA
Victory Island took the brunt of Super Typhoon Haiyan. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Victory Island took the brunt of Super Typhoon Haiyan. Photo: Brendan Esposito
A ship driven ashore in Tacloban in the Philippines by Haiyan. Photo: Craig Skehan
A ship driven ashore in Tacloban in the Philippines by Haiyan. Photo: Craig Skehan

A warming planet is already stoking the intensity of tropical cyclones in the north-west Pacific and their ferocity will continue to increase even with moderate climate change over this century, an international research team has found.