Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida. Here are some ways climate change is reshaping tropical cyclones like it
Makatla Ritchter and her mother, Keiphra Line, wade through flood waters after evacuating their home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on August 30, 2023. Climate change is making storm surge and intense rainfall during hurricanes like Idalia more dangerous.Makatla Ritchter and her mother, Keiphra Line, wade through flood waters after evacuating their home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on August 30, 2023.
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.Yes."We can see climate change fueling hurricanes," says Andra Garner, a hurricane expert at Rowan University in New Jersey.
Hurricanes get their energy from the ocean. In recent decades, human-caused climate change has trapped enormous amounts of extra heat on the planet, and most of that–over 90 percent–has been absorbed into the ocean. That makes the ocean warmer, and that hotter water right near the sea's surface acts like an accelerant to storms as they form. In Florida, ocean temperatures broke 100 F this summer–nearly hot-tub water territory. That hurtSince the 1970s, about twice as many storms are spinning up into Category 4 or 5 cyclones as before.
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