Environmental

Scientists Link Upward Trend in Pollution to Increased Intensity of Arabian Sea Tropical Cyclones

Washington, DC–(ENWESPF)–November 28, 2011

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NASA MODIS image of Tropical Cyclone Gonu (June 4, 2007).

NASA MODIS image of Tropical Cyclone Gonu (June 4, 2007). Download here. (Credit: courtesy of NASA)

A ‘brown cloud’ of pollution over the Indian Ocean resulting from human activities has led to stronger tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea, according to an international team of scientists.

The findings appear in a paper published this month in the journal Nature titled Arabian Sea tropical cyclones intensified by emissions of black carbon and…

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