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- Global Warming results in unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico for a longer period during each year.
- Warmer water means more energy available for storm systems to intensify.
- Hot Water
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- Cat 5 Hurricane
- Hot Water
- Warmer water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico due to Global Warming intensifies the strength of hurricanes and tropical storms. This happened in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina reached the gulf it intensified from a Cat 1 to a Cat 5 hurricane, shaping up to be one of the most devastating hurricanes in US History.
- Cat 3 Hurricane
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- By increasing ocean temperatures globally, Global Warming doesn't just intensify storms in the North Atlantic. Increased temperature and evaporation of water globally increases the frequency of the conditions for severe storms.
- Rising global temperatures don't just effect hurricanes in the North Atlantic. Increased temperatures and increased evaporation as a result of Climate Change create the conditions for severe storms more frequently. However, Climate Change's impacts on weather patterns and the chaotic nature of weather events make it difficult to directly link extreme weather events to Climate Change.
- However, due to changing weather patterns and the chaotic nature of weather events, it is incredibly difficult to determine if a single weather event was caused by Global Warming.
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