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Climate change altering frequency, intensity of hurricanes
2015-05-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Climate change may be the driving force behind fewer, yet more powerful hurricanes and tropical storms, says a Florida State geography professor. In a paper published today by Nature Climate Change, Professor Jim Elsner and his former graduate student Namyoung Kang found that rising ocean temperatures are having an effect on how many tropical storms and hurricanes develop each year. "We're seeing fewer hurricanes, but the ones we do see are more intense," Elsner said. "When one comes, all hell...
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