AUDIO from Medialink: Debunking the Hurricane-Global Warming Connection.
The devastation of last year's hurricane season Hurricane season refers to a period in a year when hurricanes usually form. For more information see: Tropical cyclone#Times of formation.
For a lists of past seasons, see: - The Atlantic hurricane season (see also )
was one for the ages. As the country gets ready for this year's season, many are wondering if global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. isn't giving these monster storms a helping hand. Dr. William Gray, the director of the Tropical Meteorology Project The Tropical Meteorology Project is a research initiative at Colorado State University that studies weather patterns and systems in the tropics. It is best known for its annual predictions of the number of tropical storms and hurricanes expected to form each season in the North at Colorado State University Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a veterinary teaching hospital, an agricultural campus, and a research campus. and America's leading hurricane forecaster, says he expects 17 named storms and nine hurricanes this season - but isn't blaming the increased activity on pollution.
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