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Typhoon Haiyan And Climate Change Q&A

Typhoon Haiyan, 11-09-2013. Photo source: NASA

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How could climate change affect typhoons, hurricanes and tropical storms and is it possible to calculate this impact?..

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Hurricanes Likely to Get Stronger and More Frequent, Hurricane Central, Weather Channel News (Uploaded 07-10-2013)

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