Posted on Oct 25, 2023
What's the connection between climate change and hurricanes?
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It has been a summer of disasters–and many of them were made worse, or more intense, by human-caused climate change. Wildfires burned from coast to coast across Canada. Vermont was inundated by unprecedented floods. Phoenix's temperatures topped 100 ° F for a full month. And now Hurricane Idalia, the first major hurricane of the season, is ripping across Florida and into the Southeast.
Scientists know climate change influences hurricanes, but exactly how can be a little complicated. Here's a look at the links between a hotter world and big storms like Hurricane Idalia.
It has been a summer of disasters–and many of them were made worse, or more intense, by human-caused climate change. Wildfires burned from coast to coast across Canada. Vermont was inundated by unprecedented floods. Phoenix's temperatures topped 100 ° F for a full month. And now Hurricane Idalia, the first major hurricane of the season, is ripping across Florida and into the Southeast.
Scientists know climate change influences hurricanes, but exactly how can be a little complicated. Here's a look at the links between a hotter world and big storms like Hurricane Idalia.
What's the connection between climate change and hurricanes?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."It has been pretty hot in the South and the Gulf region. How will that influence the rest of the season?
NOAA is predicting an above-average hurricane season this year, after initially projecting that the season would see a "normal" number of storms–a situation that hasn't been seen in nearly a decade. Now, they're forecasting that somewhere between 14 and 21 named storms will form. Of those, they expect between 6 and 11 major hurricanes to develop over the course of the season."
..."It has been pretty hot in the South and the Gulf region. How will that influence the rest of the season?
NOAA is predicting an above-average hurricane season this year, after initially projecting that the season would see a "normal" number of storms–a situation that hasn't been seen in nearly a decade. Now, they're forecasting that somewhere between 14 and 21 named storms will form. Of those, they expect between 6 and 11 major hurricanes to develop over the course of the season."
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