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WHOI Geologists Compile Longest Ever Record of Atlantic Hurricane Strikes
05-23-2007 · Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean appears to be closely connected to
long-term trends in the El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the African monsoon, according
to new research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Geologists
Jeff Donnelly and Jonathan Woodruff made that discovery while assembling the
longest-ever record of hurricane strikes in the Atlantic basin.
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