News tagged with hurricane activity
Harbingers of increased Atlantic hurricane activity identified
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when climate ...
Lesson from the past for surviving climate change
May 27, 2009 |
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Research led by the University of Leicester suggests people today and in future generations should look to the past in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
Hurricanes not likely to disrupt ocean carbon balance
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Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hurricanes are well known for the trail of damage and debris they can leave on land, but less known for the invisible trail left over the ocean by their gale-force winds — a trail of carbon ...
It's relative: Contrasting hurricane theories heat up
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2008 |
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In a paper published in the journal Science today, scientists Gabriel A. Vecchi of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Kyle L. Swanson of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Atmospheric Scienc ...
Research supports suggestions that global warming will do little to change hurricane activity
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Aug 12, 2008 |
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In a study published in the July 2008 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Drs. David S. Nolan and Eric D. Rappin from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science descri ...
Boston Hurricane Frequency Over Last Millennium Linked To Ocean Surface Temperatures
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The frequency of hurricanes striking the Boston area has varied widely over the last millennium, with periods of lowest activity corresponding to cooler surface temperatures in the tropical North Atlantic ...
