Higher sea levels lead to dangerous weather as warmer water makes it easier for storms to evaporate and create larger amounts of rain.
Warmer air also holds more atmospheric water vapour, which enables tropical storms to strengthen and unleash more precipitation, according to experts from the US Centre for Science Education.
They said: “A storm’s ability to produce rain is affected by the temperature of the air and ocean water.
“Warm air can hold more moisture; more moisture often leads to more rain. That’s how climate change causes wetter storms.
“Researchers studying Hurricane Harvey found human-induced climate change made extreme rainfall more likely.
“In general, models show hurricane rainfall increasing by 10% to 15% on average by the end of the century.”
Warmer water causes hurricanes and tropical storms to become more intense, with faster wind speeds.
The storms draw energy from warm ocean water which can cause a weak storm with moderate winds to intensify into a destructive storm.
