Dust storms swirling out of Africa's Sahara Desert may help reduce hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean, a new study suggests. The findings aren't conclusive, but researchers led by Amato T. Evan of the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that years with more African dust had fewer tropical storms and years with less dust had more storms.
Another good news/bad news item. Global warming leads to hurricanes and to drought in Africa. Drought in Africa leads to more dust storms, which may lessen the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. And of course, drought in Africa leads to large numbers of people dying of starvation.
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