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We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Dust
Saharan dust may decrease effect of Atlantic hurricanes |
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11 Oct 2006 |
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| We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Dust Saharan dust may decrease effect of Atlantic hurricanes Thick clouds of dust rising up from the Sahara Desert are linked to less frequent Atlantic hurricanes, says a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Studying satellite data from 1981 to the present, American researchers noted that dust clouds were scarce in years with intense hurricane activity ... |
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| Topics: Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, desertification, Florida, news (all these topics) |
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