The article discusses the alarming rise in global temperatures and its impact on extreme weather, supported by the insights of attribution science. It highlights recent events such as wildfires in Los Angeles and hurricanes in the US and the Philippines as significant examples of how climate change magnifies existing weather phenomena. The piece emphasizes that the warming Earth is causing more severe storms, floods, and other natural disasters, arguing that the effects of climate change are immediate and pressing rather than a distant concern.
It's getting ugly out there. According to the rapidly advancing field of attribution science, global warming and its evil twin climate change are rapidly exacerbating natural weather cycles.
Warmer air carries more moisture. Warmer oceans provide increased energy to storms, such as hurricanes and typhoons. There may not be more cyclonic storms, but the ones that do occur in a warming world are more powerful, faster-growing, and wetter.
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