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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As Floridians pick up the pieces from the second devastating hurricane in less than a month, many are discovering the full effects of a decade of maneuvering
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The deadly hurricanes that have battered the Southeast and the Caribbean this year may be a sign of things to come as climate change heats up the tropical oceans where such storms are born, scientists warned Thursday.
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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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The fury of four hurricanes in Florida may have spared the state's endangered manatee population from further decline.
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The recent onslaught of hurricanes has prompted some media outlets to mention &quot;global warming&quot; as a possible cause, but a team of climate researchers set the record straight.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--Those who have spent more than a few years in North Carolina know well how seasonal changes as well as long-term growth have affected the environment in which we live.
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Itâs hurricane season on the Carolina coast, and right now weâre between storms. But every time the sky starts to clear, the morning news announces something big and scary taking shape just over the horizon.
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The state has been in the crosshairs of this year&#39;s superheated hurricane activity, and experts say that, if you take a long-term view of weather, the natural rhythm of cyclone strikes is just reasserting itself after a decades-long break.
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Climate scientists agree there have been a lot of strong hurricanes lately. They agree that warmer seas have given these storms some extra punch. But they disagree how much global warming is to blame.
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Researchers say that coastal landscapes somewhat disturbed by development can often still adequately perform âservicesâ like storm protection.
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Vast efforts are underway to rebuild the region's natural hurricane defenses.
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Science & environment: Warmer waters in the north Atlantic have made hurricanes stronger, according to British scientists
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Hurricanes pose more of a threat than they did 30 years ago because of population growth.
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A lively and sometimes scrappy debate on whether global warming is fueling bigger and nastier hurricanes like Katrina is adding an edge to a gathering of forecasters here.
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FLORIDA was yesterday counting the cost of being hit by four hurricanes in six weeks, prompting recovery plans on a scale never before seen in the United States.
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Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.