Storms has doubled in century

According to researchers, the number of tropical storms developing annually in the Atlantic Ocean more than doubled over the past century, with the increase taking place in two jumps.The increases coincided with rising sea surface temperature, largely the byproduct of human-induced climate warming.An official at the National Hurricane Center called the research "sloppy science" and said technological improvements in observing storms accounted for the increase.Hurricanes derive their energy from warm ocean water. North Atlantic surface temperature increased about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit during