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Hurricane study

Recent studies have shown that dust storms swirling out of the Sahara desert may lead to less tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean. These studies have been led by Amato T. Evan from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and all though they are not said to be completely true, they have found that years with more African dust have led to less tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic. The researchers have used satellite images to help track the amount of dust blown across and compare it to the number of storms. Other studies have shown that there is a relationship between warming sea surface temperatures and the number of severity of tropical storms. With common sense, some researchers have linked more rainfall in Africa land more tropical storms.
Study: Dust may quell hurricanes

posted by Anonymous @ 10/12/2006 09:39:00 PM