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Published online 6 June 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070604-7
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Storm seasons back to normal?
Hurricane activity today looks much the same as the long-term average.
The increased hurricane activity over the tropical North Atlantic during the past 12 years may have less to do with climate change than is often assumed. The series of stormy seasons experienced since 1995 could just be a return to normal conditions, following a long unusually calm period throughout the 1970s and 1980s, a new study suggests.
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