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"The US Atlantic coast has become a breeding ground for super-charged
hurricanes which are likely to batter coastal communities even harder if the
world remains hooked on fossil fuels, a new study found.
Global heating caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning oil, gas and
coal is the main factor contributing to increasingly severe storms and flooding
affecting the American east coast over the past four decades. Rapid
intensification has led to storms gathering strength so quickly it has become
increasingly difficult to provide timely warnings and evacuation orders to
residents.
The warming planet is poised to bring hurricanes that intensify quicker and,
with them, a heightened risk of flooding to east coast communities which
modeling suggests will get even worse without radical action to curb greenhouse
gases, according to the study published in the journal
Geophysical Research
Letters.
“The nearshore environment has absolutely become more favorable for hurricanes
near the Atlantic coast and that’s very consistent with the rising hurricane
intensification we’ve observed in the region,” said Karthik Balaguru, a climate
scientist and lead author. “Our findings have profound implications for coastal
residents, decision- and policy-makers.”
Analysing storm activity and the conditions that shaped them, the researchers
found that the rates at which hurricanes gathered speed near the US Atlantic
coast increased significantly between 1979 and 2018."
Via Doug Senko.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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