This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa this week turned into one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded. Now a new data-offer-url=”http://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/research/climate-science/modelling-tropical-cyclones/hurricane-melissa” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"http://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/research/climate-science/modelling-tropical-cyclones/hurricane-melissa"}” href=”http://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/research/climate-science/modelling-tropical-cyclones/hurricane-melissa” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>rapid attribution study suggests human-induced climate change made the deadly tropical cyclone four times more likely.
Hurricane Melissa collided with Jamaica on Tuesday, wreaking havoc across the island before tearing through nearby Haiti and Cuba. The storm, which reached…
