Researchers warn Asia will become an increasingly dangerous place to live until fossil fuels are replaced
People swim through water in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, after Typhoon Gaemi caused widespread flooding in late July.People swim through water in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, after Typhoon Gaemi caused widespread flooding in late July.The “hyper-violent” Typhoon Gaemi was made fiercer and more likely to strike by the climate crisis, scientists have found. They said “Asia will become an increasingly dangerous place to live until fossil fuels are replaced”.
Tropical cyclones draw energy from warm ocean waters and the team found that the hot sea surface temperatures that fuelled Gaemi would have been virtually impossible without the climate crisis.“Fossil fuel-driven warming is ushering in a new era of bigger, deadlier typhoons,” said Dr Ben Clarke, of Imperial College London and part of the WWA team.
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