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Hurricanes may be associated with sunspots

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A recent study suggests that hurricane intensity may be linked to the number of sunspots on the Sun. A decrease in the number of sunspots may be related to an increase in hurricane intensity. After examining the past 100 year hurricane records of the United States and Caribbean, James Elsner and Thomas Jagger of Florida State University in Tallahassee conclude that their intensity may be linked to 10 to 12 year solar magnetic activity cycles. Data from the National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida was used in the study.
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6 responses // Hurricanes may be associated with sunspots

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    Good thery, but I believe there are currently NO sunspots and we have had several hurricanes this year so...any other ideas?

    rwylie
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    Actually wouldn't there be hurricanes because of the decrease in sun spots? You got it's the other way around. But this is an interesting finding. I wonder what the sun spot count was like during Katrina.

    MrPierre
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    I'm not sure if it's because of more or less but it makes more since the global warming. This isn't even close to the worse hurricane season we've had but people keep blaming global warming.

    raimonnemar
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    Cool story.

    Meteorologist90

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