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Tropical cyclones and climate change, a Common card
Climate change affects tropical cyclones in a variety of ways: an intensification of rainfall and wind speed, an increase in the frequency of very intense storms and a poleward extension of where the cyclones reach maximum intensity are among the consequences of human-induced climate change.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Ranked #1,411 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Tropical cyclones and climate change quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tropical cyclones and climate change card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Tropical cyclones use warm, moist air as their ______ of energy or fuel.
Answer
source. Tropical cyclones use warm, moist air as their source of energy or fuel. From the Tropical cyclones and climate change article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Palau. Palau 890,000 · Herbal medicine 87,000 · Connecticut River 69,000 · Tropical cyclones and climate change 11,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Tropical cyclones use warm, moist air as their source of energy or fuel.
- As climate change is warming ocean temperatures, there is potentially more of this fuel available.
- Between 1979 and 2017, there was a global increase in the proportion of tropical cyclones of Category 3 and higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tropical cyclones and climate change article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Tropical cyclones and climate change
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Text : Wikipedia, Tropical cyclones and climate change (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : EPA/NOAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
