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No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse

An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.” ... Read More

Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds

Melissa was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall and brought destructive weather to Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba, causing dozens of deaths across the Caribbean. Read More

How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods

And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil. This makes the air above warm up more quickly, leading to more intense ... Read More

Hurricane Melissa was a freak storm. Science says climate change made it freakier

However, scientists said, the world is measurably warmer than it was a century ago. Hurricane hotspots like the Caribbean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean are hotter, giving Melissa additional fuel ... Read More

How do hurricanes or typhoons form and are they getting stronger?

Finally, sea-levels are rising, mainly due to a combination of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and the fact that warmer water takes up more space. Local factors can also play a part. This means storm ... Read More

Scientists say climate change is drastically impacting California's air quality

For decades, Los Angeles has topped the list as the smoggiest city in the U.S., but now, climate change is fueling a new kind of pollution from toxic urban wildfires to heat-driven ozone and smoke ... Read More