Hurricane Beryl is an unusually strong storm for this time of year and it gained strength unusually fast. That's in part because of record high ocean temperatures driven by climate change.Hurricane Beryl is an unusually strong storm for this time of year and it gained strength unusually fast. That's in part because of record high ocean temperatures driven by climate change.It brought 150 mph winds and dangerous storm surge to Grenada's Carriacou Island.
MICHAEL COPLEY, BYLINE: It's early in the season. This is a big storm, and it got big fast, and that's exactly the kind of thing climate scientists have been expecting. We're seeing record-high ocean temperatures, which fuel hurricanes, and those record temperatures are being driven by climate change. Burning fossil fuels releases gases, like carbon dioxide, that trap heat and make the air in oceans warmer. Andra Garner's a hurricane expert at Rowan University in New Jersey.
COPLEY: Garner published a study last year that found the odds of a storm quickly growing into a major hurricane have gone up in recent decades, as climate change has gotten worse. That's still an area of active research, but it's clear that hotter temperatures are making hurricanes stronger.COPLEY: I mean, we're talking about stronger winds and more water. Beryl hit parts of the Caribbean yesterday with catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge.
COPLEY: Yeah, we're expecting a really active season. In part, that's because of those really warm temperatures we talked about, and we've seen that these storms can grow really fast, so experts warn people need to take plans ahead of time. Jennifer Collins is a professor at the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida. She says the time to prepare is before the storm, not after a hurricane is announced.
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