Clustered hurricanes reduce impact on ecosystems, researchers find
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 21:30
in Earth & Climate
New research has found that hurricane activity is "clustered" rather than random, which has important long-term implications for coastal ecosystems and human population. Tropical cyclones and hurricanes have a massive economic, social and ecological impact, and models of their occurrence influence many planning activities from setting insurance premiums to conservation planning.