claim: It appears, for the entire tropics, the observed outgoing radiation fluxes increase with the increase in sea surface temperatures ( SSTs ).
evidence: In tropical and subtropical areas, sea surface temperatures ( SSTs ) rose 0.2 °C ( 0.36 °F ) within a 50-year period, and in the North Atlantic and Northwestern Pacific tropical cyclone basins, the potential destructiveness and energy of storms nearly doubled within the same duration, evidencing a clear correlation between global warming and tropical cyclone intensities.