A record number of tropical storms and hurricanes formed in the North Atlantic last year (SN: 12/24 & 31/05, p. 406: Available to subscribers at Beyond the ABC’s: North Atlantic posts record hurricane season). One factor driving this unprecedented activity was the unusually warm waters there, and global warming was largely to blame, says Kevin E.
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