[opendtv] Re: Off topic: Researchers uncover potent greenhouse gas

Kilroy Hughes wrote:

Convincing research shows that the number and strength of hurricanes is 
inversely proportional to the amount of high atmosphere dust over Africa.  
Changes in ocean temp had much less effect.

The storms are born off the east coast of Africa and when dust levels are 
"normal", the dust blowing off the continent squelches them, seeds rainfall and 
dampens their energy or something (they didn't suggest the mechanism). During recent high 
activity, dust was dramatically lower and more storms survived and grew to hurricane 
strength.  They didn't speculate what was modulating the millions of tons of dust 
normally suspended over the Sahara.

Maybe global cooling is reducing dust storms which is increasing hurricanes.

Kilroy Hughes
TheoriesAreUS


This certainly sounds more plausable than anything else recently published.


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