Hurricane hunters are flying through Ian’s powerful winds to get the forecasts you rely on – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm
The ConversationJUL 2022
Hurricane Ian is another example of a devastating cyclone turbocharged by human-induced climate change. Warming ocean water and atmospheric changes have fueled powerful storms; just this week alone, speculation on this phenomenon has included Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Fiona in Canada, and Typhoon Noru in the Philippines.
While the media and climate activists choose specific events to claim that hurricanes have become more intense and more frequent due to climate change, long-term trends prove quite the contrary. Hurricane Ian is a natural disaster – and its consequences may be catastrophic – but instead of blaming climate change, we should enhance our disaster readiness to protect communities from an array of threats.