A million more babies are born every four days. Every hour of every day, 150 acres of rainforest are cut down for grassland to graze beef to feed those hungry mouths. Rainforests, among other things, help regulate the world's climate. Over the last 20,000 years our fuel burning/carbon producing population has increased from a few thousand to 7.5 billion people. We've put 40% more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the last 100 years than in the last 100 million years. All of the above heat the atmosphere and the oceans. Hurricanes get their destructive energy from the warmth of the ocean, and the water temperatures are super elevated,” said the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Hurricane Irma Was Made Worse by Climate Change, Scientists Say