They can't say this will mean global warming will lead to more of these extreme weather events in the future, but from their computer models, they know the weather will always be an unpredictable beast. Lucky we have all that ice in the ice caps to cool the seas down.

Don't make your "headline" out to be a fact when the story doesn't actually come to that factual conclusion. You might "accidentally" mislead someone.Just a thought.

Actually pokkets title is precisely correct in reflecting what was written in the article.

Saunders and Lea's research is the first to calculate the precise contribution of sea temperatures in driving cyclone frequency.

After stripping out the role of wind in cyclone generation, the researchers calculate that an increase of 0.5 degrees was responsible for about 40% of the rise in cyclone activity.

You, davboz, made an error in judging that pokkets equated global warming to the rise in cyclone frequency when there is no indication that he did. Just a thought.

The headline says "Warmer seas boosted cyclones by 40%." That implies that there has been a 40% rise in the number or intensity of cyclones, or both; and that warmer seas have caused this increase by themselves. What the story actually says (AFAICT) is that the rise in sea temperature is responsible for 40% of an increase in cyclonic activity whose size is never stated.