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Hurricanes in a Warming World
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Climate scientists are generally confident that climate warming leads to stronger TCs… But on the question of hurricane numbers, the answer is unclear.
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Counting Historical Hurricanes
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Sounds great, but…it turns out that nobody knows for sure how many TCs there were before we began tracking them with satellites in the late 1960s. Before then, just a subset of TCs were actually recorded in the history books – typically by ships or when the storm came ashore. Others were “fish storms” that…
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Love Island (Sea Turtle Edition)
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As I watched her disappear in the surf, the meteorologist in me began to wonder if loggerhead turtles are doomed in this era of a warming planet. Are we moving towards a turtle society with a 49/1 female/male ratio? Is this good for anyone (except for the turtle males, of course)?
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