Hurricane season is getting bad. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the most destructive and active on record. In 2023, the season produced 30 named(sub) tropical storms, 20 hurricanes, and 8 major hurricanes, substantially because of the late-forming hurricane La Niña just 2 months before the launch of the season. Stronger cyclones are becoming more common in warmer climates. Washington Post commented on their website “Experimenters suggest that the most dangerous U.S. Cyclones are three times more frequent than 100 cyclones ago and that the proportions of major cyclones(category 3 or over) in the Atlantic Ocean have doubled since 1980.” Earlier this month there was a hurricane named Lee. Lee hit the corridor of Florida and headed straight for Boston, New England. Late last month we had a hurricane named Idalia hit the center of Perry Florida, which is about 50 long hauls southeast of Tallahassee, as a category 3. She went straight for Georgia as a Category 1 and the Carolinas as a Tropical Storm. Now that Lee is gone we have a tropical storm named Nigel.
The New York Times explained that “Nigel is anticipated to grow stronger as the days go on.” The New York Times went on to state that” The National Hurricane Center estimated the storm had sustained winds of 80 long hauls per hour early Monday, making it a Category 1.” Meteorologists anticipate Nigel to reach a Category 3, meaning winds of at least 111 mph on Tuesday. It could begin sluggishly weakening by late Wednesday. On Monday morning, Nigel was about 875 long hauls east-southeast of Bermuda and moving northwest. By the middle of the week, it’s anticipated to turn right over the open Atlantic. There are no current warnings or watches for land.
The big question is are we making climate change worse and hurricanes stronger? The answer is yes, we are. Climate.gov states “Yes, by adding the cornucopia of hothouse effect in the atmosphere, mortal conditioning is amplifying Earth’s natural hothouse effect. Nearly all climate scientists agree that this increase in heat-enmeshing feasts is the main reason for global warming,”. We use numerous effects that cause climate change to worsen as life continues and grows. Climate.gov also said, “Just burning fossil energies, cutting down trees, and farming livestock are increasingly making the climate and earth’s temperatures rise.” These add enormous quantities of greenhouse gasses to those naturally being in the atmosphere adding the Hothouse effect and global warming, thus making climate change worse.
How can we help make climate change better? As climate change gets worse we need to prepare for what that will bring. “The solutions we need to employ are: use less fossil fuels, lower deforestation, save energy at home, walk, bike, or take public transportation, reduce, reuse, repair, and recycle, eat more vegetables, and throw less food away,” States NRDC.org. Speaking up about climate change also helps. The potential benefits of more people speaking up about climate change could have a serious impact. If we all came together and picked up trash or did other things to help the earth we could save people’s lives and save our earth as well. Spread the word and help us help the Earth. We could do numerous things if we worked together.
