Rutgers geography professor, David A. Robinson voices that as sea levels rise in connection to a warming climate, storms more destructive and deadly than Sandy are likely to happen. For every 1 degree rise in Fahrenheit, the atmosphere will hold 4% more moisture. This rise will lead to warmer sea surface temperatures. Even with the threat of coastal storms, it is still desirable to build beach front homes, adding to the devastation after a storm. These upcoming storms may not be as powerful as Sandy but will cause more extensive floods and reach farther inland. Anthony J. Broccoli, a meteorologist and professor at Rutgers also explains that warmer inland climates can allow the storms to maintain its force further in, unlike past storms. They will continue to do so as global temperatures increase.
This topic is crucial to the environment because as our world continues to allow the oceans to rise and atmospheric temperatures grow hooter, stronger and more durable coastal storms will occur. There is no way that a hurricane can be stopped and they will devastate entire areas and towns. If temperatures lower, it is more likely that they will cause less damage.
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