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We're decoding ancient hurricanes' traces on the sea floor – and evidence from millennia of Atlantic storms is not good news for the coast

  • Written by Tyler Winkler, Postdoctoral Researcher in Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
We're decoding ancient hurricanes' traces on the sea floor – and evidence from millennia of Atlantic storms is not good news for the coastDeep 'blue holes,' like this one off Belize, can collect evidence of hurricanes.The TerraMar Project, CC BY

If you look back at the history of Atlantic hurricanes since the late 1800s, it might seem hurricane frequency is on the rise.

The year 2020 had the most tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, with 31, and 2021 had the third-highest, after 2005....

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