Scientists say smartphones culprits behind devastating hurricanes in US

Studies show that the destructive hurricanes that hit the US this year may be linked to modern technologies, including smartphones such as the iPhone, Report informs via DailyMail.

Researchers have found that smartphones generate 580 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, nearly 100 million more tons than the global aviation industry.

These emissions warm Earth's oceans, fostering conditions for storms such as Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm that struck Florida in October.

'Each step of cell phone production involves significant energy consumption,' Ravi Sawhney, CEO of global design and innovation consultancy RKS Design told DailyMail.com, 'and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, which in turn exacerbate extreme weather events.'

Experts warned that as smartphones become more advanced with power-hungry features like AI and the tech ecosystem continues to expand, the world could see more profound environmental and weather effects unfold over the next few years.

Sawhney expects future devices to place 'more strain on data centers' and 'require substantial electricity' that could come from nonrenewable energy sources.

'The increase in emissions from the expanding tech ecosystem contributes to global warming,' he said.

'As a result, we may see more pronounced climate changes, potentially leading to an increase in extreme weather events over time.'