Hurricanes Bring Environmental Renewal
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Along with their destructive force, hurricanes can have beneficial effects as part of the rhythm of nature. Storms that erode beaches, uproot trees and flatten wildlife habitats may also refresh waterways, revive dry areas and bulk up barrier islands with redistributed sand.
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NEW YORK, 19 September 2004 - With a successive series of hurricanes ravaging the Caribbean and the southeast United States, US lawmakers and environmentalists met this week to examine if these climate changes are due, in part, to greenhouse-gas
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n the wreckage left by the devastating one-two punch of Hurricanes Charley and Frances, engineers, researchers and others are finding some hope that this combination of disasters may do
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Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires: a year after Katrina, a tour of the American hazardscape shows that we haven't learned much
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By Margo Harakas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 3--South Floridians are in a green state -- of mind.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Marine biologists and U.S. military divers are trying to turn an environmental mess off Fort Lauderdale's coast into an earth-friendly source of fuel.  Their target: an ill-conceived reef of rubber tires sunk into the ocean in the 1970s.
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When the water in the hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic warms one degree in the dead of summer, overall hurricane activity jumps by half, according to a new study.
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WAYCROSS, Ga., June 3 -- Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
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A provocative new study claims hurricanes such as Katrina and Rita actually help stabilize wetlands by depositing tons of silt and sediment.
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The Army Corps of Engineers is rethinking the way it assesses hurricane risk.
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FORT COLLINS - Days after the end of a busy season, hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic season again next year.
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The mammoth hurricane may give a boost to some businesses, but long-term economic challenges loom. By Richard Luscombe | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.
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Global warming could reduce how many hurricanes hit the United States, according to a new federal study that clashes with other research. The new study is the latest in a contentious scientific debate over how man-made global warming may affect the intensity and number of hurricanes.
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Carcasses of unused oil equipment litter the Gulf Coast. Now they're being repurposed to harness the power of the wind. By John Geoghegan from Wired magazine.
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Hurricane season has affected many corporations, with varying outcomes.
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Despite the hardships after this fall's hurricanes, the human spirit is shining through.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 8--A year ago, Katrina wreaked havoc on many aspects of life in South Mississippi. Often concern for the environment and our natural resources took a back seat to the immediacy of rescue, relief and recovery.