Global warming and desertification (Google Alert / jjmmz)

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http://www.jjmmz.com/thread-44679-1-1.html

New twist to global warming/desertification

US researchers have discovered a link between Atlantic hurricane activity and thick clouds of dust that periodically rise up from the Sahara Desert. At times of intense hurricane activity, dust clouds were scarce, but in years with stronger dust storms, fewer hurricanes swept across the Atlantic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6038296.stm

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Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.

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