How Our Changing Climate Will Make Hurricanes Worse

     

    The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has been far more severe that past years by far. During normal hurricane seasons it takes till around October to develop 9 storms severe enough to be named, however this year it only took till August 6 for this amount. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations predict that 2020 could be the year with the highest amount of hurricanes they ever recorded. Scientists and meteorologists believe the increase in hurricanes could be due to climate change. The hurricanes themselves are also affecting other products of climate change like rising sea levels. With rising sea levels and the water slowly moving inland, this will only make flooding worse. The storm surges that come with hurricanes will also be much larger and more dangerous. Hurricanes are also becoming much more abundant do to increasing atmospheric temperature.  Ocean water needs to be around 80°F to evaporate and condense into a storm, and with rising temperatures in the air the water temperature rises as well. The size and wind speeds or hurricanes are also increasing with climate change which makes them more dangerous. Faster and larger hurricanes allows them to reach more inland and potentially kill much more people and animals. 


    After reading the article, I can say there is much evidence to prove the negative affects of climate change. Due to the factors such as increasing temperature and rising sea levels, the early hurricanes we receive will continue to become more abundant and violent. The pollution that humans produce that cause climate change will only keep expanding the negative effects of it and increasing the devastation that hurricanes will cause. This will not stop anytime soon because the actions that cause climate change are the actions that are also used to keep business and society moving.

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