Arctic Warming Made Harvey A ‘Killer Storm,’ Climate Researcher Says

The heating up of the cold regions of the Arctic had an affect on Hurricane Harvey making it much worse then it should have been. Scientist also say that destructive hurricanes like Harvey could happen more often if the oceans continue to heat up. The warmer temperatures and the increase in surface area of the ocean forces more water into the air. This causes more rain to come down during bad storms like Harvey. If we can not do anything to slow down the affect of climate change these storms can cause billions of dollars in damages sometime in the future.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-hurricane-harvey_us_59a6f6a3e4b00795c2a35c15

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  1. AnonymousAugust 30, 2017 at 6:11 PM

    I too believe that we should put more effort into slowing down the affect of climate change. I believe that it would cost less to start slowing down climate change with programs and changing our lifestyle than paying back the billions of dollars in damage that these massive storms are leaving. We have scientific proof that this is true, so why shouldn't take care of the problem.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 30, 2017 at 6:32 PM

    I think a huge thing scientists completely miss in this situation is that the deadliest, most destructive hurricane to occur in the US was Labor Day 1935, when CO2 was below 310 ppm. Also, first sentence in the article amuses me as how oblivious these people are. "Soaring temperatures in Arctic causing record ice melt!" Yeah no: https://realclimatescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ArcticSeaIceExtentDay240Trend_shadow-1024x593.png and https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DId-BSUUEAAlktW.jpg
    "Greenland literally burning!" What explains the well above average Accumulated Surface Mass Balance in Greenland then?: https://www.dmi.dk/uploads/tx_dmidatastore/webservice/b/m/s/d/e/accumulatedsmb.png
    The article mentions the path Harvey took and it stalling was caused by human activity. Well, how about it stalled due to a very weak, zonal steering pattern across the US and eventually got caught underneath a ridge of high pressure?
    https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2017082318/gfs_z500a_us_14.png

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    1. chrheaAugust 30, 2017 at 8:15 PM

      Thank you for using data as evidence to support your argument. While storms theoretically will get stronger as global temperatures increase, the original HuffPost article's evidence is anecdotal, at best.
      ... and Greenland's forest fires were likely due to a careless human (I know this because I read the article linked by HuffPost themselves!). It's tough to figure out without putting the time in, but media often pulls one-liners out of scientific studies, uses evidence from a study to support a weak conclusion, or misinterprets them. It's the cause of much public confusion, frustration, and an interesting anti-science position among a big part of society.

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