CNN blasts climate activists’ WE TOLD YOU SO claims after Hurricane Helene hits Florida – Meteorologist Bastardi dismisses as ‘complete crap’. Smaller storms. Not bigger’
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CNN: Why was Hurricane Helene so bad? Fossil fuel pollution. – Excerpt: “For decades now, scientists have been warning us that extreme weather events will be exacerbated by the layer of carbon pollution we are blanketing our planet with ,” said Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy. “But as a human being, it is shocking to see the devastation happening before our eyes, affecting the people and places we know and love.”
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CNN: “It’s not rocket science”: Professor Michael Mann explains why storms are getting stronger –
From CNN’s Elise Hammond
According to climate scientists, the world is getting hotter and storms are getting stronger.
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm on Thursday night, destroying homes, knocking out power and causing deadly flash flooding.
“It’s not rocket science, but pretty basic physics that tells us that the warmer the oceans get, the more moisture they evaporate into the atmosphere,” said Michael Mann, a leading climate scientist. the more energy there is to strengthen these storms.” at the University of Pennsylvania, told CNN on Friday.
Stronger storms mean stronger winds, leading to storm surges and more life-threatening catastrophic flooding. After making landfall, the storm remained dangerous as increased moisture caused it to continue to rain, Mann said.
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However, Mann said there are things we can do to stop the situation from getting worse, including stopping carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy “as fast as possible”.
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Meteorologist Joe Bastardi fact-checked Mann’s claim to CNN:
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