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As Beryl Surged Toward Texas, Scientists Found Global Warming Intensified It

"All recent research on global warming and tropical storms show the growing threat for developing island states and other vulnerable coastal areas."

"Climate heating caused by fossil fuel pollution supercharged Hurricane Beryl during its unusually early July push from the heart of the tropical Atlantic Ocean to the coast of Texas, scientists said Friday.

Beryl maintained tropical storm force passing into the Gulf of Mexico and was strengthening Sunday as it approached the central Texas coast, with hurricane warnings reaching from High Island to Sabine Pass. The National Hurricane Center forecasts the storm to make landfall late Sunday or early Monday as a Category 1 storm with 85-mph winds.

Meanwhile, in a rapid attribution study that compared regional climate conditions in the 1979 to 2001 period with conditions in the last two decades, researchers said global warming made Beryl’s wind and rain between 10 and 30 percent more intense.

Tropical storms that form in the region have been “significantly intensified by human-driven climate change,” said climate researcher Tommaso Alberti, with Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology. “This means that, while we might see similar episodes with the same frequency, their intensity will be stronger, leading to catastrophic consequences for the vulnerable Caribbean islands.”"

Bob Berwyn reports for Inside Climate News July 8, 2024.

SEE ALSO:

"Why Climate Change Makes A Hurricane Like Beryl More Dangerous" (NPR)

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/09/2024