New type of El Nino could mean more hurricanes make landfall
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 13:42
in Earth & Climate
El Niño years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niño may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall, according to climatologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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