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METEOROLOGIST SAYS HURRICANE CYCLE IS NORMAL...
| Quote From Source: | Storms Vary With Cycles, Experts Say
By KENNETH CHANG
Because hurricanes form over warm ocean water, it is easy to assume that the recent rise in their number and ferocity is because of global warming.
But that is not the case, scientists say. Instead, the severity of hurricane seasons changes with cycles of temperatures of several decades in the Atlantic Ocean. The recent onslaught "is very much natural," said William M. Gray, a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University who issues forecasts for the hurricane season.
From 1970 to 1994, the Atlantic was relatively quiet, with no more than three major hurricanes in any year and none at all in three of those years. Cooler water in the North Atlantic strengthened wind shear, which tends to tear storms apart before they turn into hurricanes.
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Source: NY Times
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/...r=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
"We were very lucky in that eight-year period, and the luck just ran out," Dr. Gray said. |
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posted on 8/30/2005 at 08:18
