For three storms, including this month's Rafael, the climate change factor goosed wind speed so much that the winds increased by two storm categories.
made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday.
“We had two Category Five storms here in 2024,” Gifford said. “Our analysis shows that we would have had zero Category Five storms without human-caused climate change.”— increased by 18 mph , 16 mph and 24 mph respectively because of climate change, the authors said. A different study by World Weather Attribution had, which is close, said Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto, who coordinates the WWA team and praised the Climate Central work.
In 85% of the storms studied in the last six years, the authors saw a fingerprint of climate change in storm strength, Gifford said.Warm water is the main fuel of hurricanes. The warmer the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico get, the more potential energy goes into storms. Other factors — such as high level crosswinds and dry air — can act to weaken hurricanes.
That technique basically uses computer simulations to create a fictional world with no human-caused warming and then compares it to current reality, with the difference being caused by greenhouse gases. They account for other factors, such as the lessening amount of sulfate pollution from marine shipping which had been counteracting a bit of the warming before the skies cleared up more.Would you help us provide essential information to our readers during this critical time?.
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