{"id":648,"date":"2019-11-03T19:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2026-05-22T23:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:23:46","slug":"climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/03\/climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Disasters worsened by climate change take hundreds of lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"story-body__introduction\"><strong>The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>one of the big questions that scientists have wrestled with is how to compare storm events from different eras. Is the increase in financial damages recorded over the last century simply down to the fact there are now more people living in the paths of hurricanes, who are generally wealthier?<\/p>\n<p>Using a new method of calculating the destruction, the scientists say the increase in frequency is \u00ab\u00a0unequivocal\u00a0\u00bb.Previous attempts to isolate the impact of climate change on hurricanes have often came up with conflicting results.<\/p>\n<p>But the new study says the increase in damage caused by these big cyclones is linked by global warming. Hurricanes or tropical cyclones are one of the most destructive natural disasters. The damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was estimated to be $125bn, roughly 1% of US GDP.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists involved believe their new method is solid and gives a more accurate picture of what is happening with the worst storms.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-649 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2019-11-13-\u00e0-13.54.08-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2019-11-13-\u00e0-13.54.08-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2019-11-13-\u00e0-13.54.08-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2019-11-13-\u00e0-13.54.08-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2019-11-13-\u00e0-13.54.08-750x421.png 750w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2019-11-13-\u00e0-13.54.08.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/>\u00ab\u00a0The new method of looking at the frequencies is really robust,\u00a0\u00bb said Aslak Grinsted, from the University of Copenhagen, who carried out the study.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet the evidence for humanity\u2019s role in changing the climate continues to mount, and its consequences are increasingly difficult to ignore. 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