Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Wetter. Here's How We Know.
Wednesday, 07 March 2018 15:49
Excerpt: "Thanks to a new field of scientific study, we actually do know if an extreme weather event was made possible by climate change."
A home is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey, August 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas. (photo: David J. Phillip/AP)
Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Wetter. Here's How We Know.
By Jesse Nichols and Eve Andrews, Grist
07 March 18
e all remember the chorus around this year’s disastrous hurricane season: “Don’t politicize this! We don’t know if it’s climate change!” Well, thanks to a new field of scientific study, we actually do know if an extreme weather event was made possible by climate change. Get to know … extreme weather attribution!