Models suggest that there may be fewer, but more powerful, hurricanes as the world warms

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There’s tremendous variation in hurricane activity over time and from place to place. Various studies published since 2005 indicate that the number and/or strength of hurricanes have increased in [...]

This year’s weather may not always have been to everyone’s taste but for British wildlife and plant life, at least, a return to four “traditional” seasons has been good news, conservationists said today.

The cold winter, reasonably decent summer and good old-fashioned spring and autumn benefited many kinds of fauna that had suffered through previous [...]