Climate Change Generating Strong Hurricanes Earlier - Videos from The Weather Channel - The Weather Channel
Climate Change Generating Strong Hurricanes Earlier - Videos from The Weather Channel
Major hurricanes appear to be happening earlier on average now than they did decades ago. Researchers say one of the primary driving forces behind this shift is global warming. Climate change does affect hurricanes. Earlier strong hurricanes could overlap with some region’s already-rainy wet season, resulting in increased damage from storms.
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What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.