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Researchers Weigh the Factors That Power Hurricanes

Researchers Weigh the Factors That Power Hurricanes

The factors that influence the intensity of hurricanes like Irma and Harvey are under scrutiny at the Department of Energy‘s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where researchers are sorting the environmental conditions that can spawn such powerful storms.

Oceanographer Karthik Balaguru, an expert on hurricane intensification, says it’s well known that warm ocean temperatures feed hurricanes,…