#AcceleratingKeelingCurve and #DeterioratingCarbonSinks haven’t cared who is president since the 50s: Beryl’s strength and rapid intensification were unusual for a storm so early in the season. This year, that is especially alarming as forecasters expect an exceptionally active Atlantic hurricane season.
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https://www.juancole.com/2024/07/startling-hurricane-intensification.html
Informed Comment · Startling Climate Change Impact: Hurricane Beryl’s Rapid intensification to Category 5 is OminousBy Brian Tang, University at Albany, State University of New York | - (The Conversation) - Hurricane Beryl was the latest Atlantic storm to rapidly intensify, growing quickly from a tropical storm into the strongest June hurricane on record in the Atlantic. It hit the Grenadine Islands with 150 mph winds and a destructive storm surge on July 1, 2024, then continued to intensify into the basin’s earliest Category 5 storm on record. The damage Beryl caused, particularly on Carriacou and Petite Martinique, was extensive, Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told a news briefing. “In half an hour, Carriacou was