Undoubtedly, increased awareness of extreme weather can play a role in the perception that the weather is getting more extreme. (thread) https://t.co/HlWJIm4PjN — Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) June 19, 2022But all weather is now occurring in an atmosphere fundamentally altered by global warming. More heat in the atmosphere means that there is more energy to power extreme weather events. Global Change Research Program (@usgcrp) December 15, 2021More heat means more energy to power stormsWhen weather patterns favor storms, global warming increases the heat energy available to storms. QRA is implicated for MOST of the extreme weather disasters we've seen over the past two decades.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 07, 2023 03:54 UTC