CNN blames “fossil fuel pollution” for Hurricane Helene’s intensity, as it would not have been as severe or rapidly intensified as much without the supercharging from global warming.
Climate experts are giddy today to tell the public “told you so” after Helene’s devastation. pic.twitter.com/GJJnVnAgfW
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) September 27, 2024
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CNN: Why was Hurricane Helene so bad? Fossil fuel pollution. – Excerpt: “For decades now, scientists have been warning us that extreme weather events will be exacerbated by this blanket of carbon pollution we’ve been wrapping around our planet,” said Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy. “But as a human, it is shocking to see the devastation occurring in front of our eyes, affecting the people and places we know and love.”
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CNN: “It’s not rocket science”: Prof. Michael Mann explains why hurricanes are getting stronger –
From CNN’s Elise Hammond
The world is getting hotter and hurricanes are getting stronger, according to climate scientists.
Hurricane Helene hit the Florida as a Category 4 storm on Thursday night, destroying homes, knocking out power and bringing deadly flash flooding.
Stronger storms means stronger winds, which leads to more life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic flooding. After it makes landfall, the storm is still dangerous, thanks to that increased amount of moisture that allows it to continue to dump rain, Mann said.
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But, Mann said there are things we can do to prevent it from getting worse, including stopping carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy “as rapidly as possible.”
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Meteorologist Joe Bastardi fact checks Mann’s claims to CNN:
This is total krap. Storms are smaller. Not larger. The power and impact scale shows that. They are shorter tracked and more compact. Mann doesn’t know what he is talking about ( so what else is new?). unbelievable pic.twitter.com/VxsNMsbNIb
— The American Storm (@BigJoeBastardi) September 27, 2024