New form of El Nino could mean more hurricanes make landfall

Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 13:28 in Earth & Climate

El Nino years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study, published in the 3 July issue of Science, suggests that the form of El Nino 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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