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Dust May Dampen Hurricane Fury

Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, UW-Madison scientists discuss a surprising link between hurricane frequency in the Atlantic and thick clouds of dust that periodically rise from the Sahara Desert and blow off Africa's western coast.

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