Look, almost any year-in-review of climate change-related stuff is going to be a bit of a downer (we’ll get to the one that isn’t later in the week). So far, we’ve looked at the year in disasters , and also the year in the industry that has helped make them worse, big oil — today is no different, as we take a look at some of the indicators and science that emerged from the warming muck in 2024 to tell us that yes, actually, the thing that is kind of a huge negative to begin with is actually getting worse and worse. As that disasters review noted, this was a pretty awful year for hurricanes — not just Helene , but Milton , and Debby , and typhoons halfway around the globe like Shanshan , or the recent storm that devastated Mayotte . And as it turns out, the average hurricane really is getting worse thanks to climate change: a study in November found that storms over the past five years have added more than 18 mph in wind speed compared to previous years, enough to make some storms jump a Saffir-Simpson category and, obviously, juice their damage potential by no small amount. Most Popular Elon Musk Handed the Democrats A Gift, Will they Use It? The Cops Showed You Who They Are Yesterday Did the Stock Market Just Fire a Warning Shot at Trump? Other types of climate disaster are faring no better. Take wildfires: Not only are fire seasons overall getting worse, with more acres burned, but there is now something actually termed “ fast fires ” that pose potentially the biggest threat. As warming has progressed, fires that explode in size in just a day or so have gotten more likely, with obvious increases to risk […]