The study found that rainfall from Helene was about 10% heavier due to human-caused climate change, highlighting the significant impact warmer temperatures have on storms.
We found that essentially all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change to different degrees, indicating a consistent pattern of worsening weather events linked to rising global temperatures.
Warmer ocean temperatures are perhaps the most important driver of more powerful storms, with sea surface temperatures being significantly higher due to climate change, increasing storm intensity.
Hurricane Helene's intensity was fueled by extraordinarily high water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, which have become much more common because of climate change.
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