NCAR to investigate the origins of hurricanes in Virgin Islands

27 July 2010, 5:20 pm

Scientists don't fully understand why some thunderstorms that form over warm water in moist air build into full-fledged hurricanes and some don't. A team from the National Center for Atmospheric Research will travel to the Virgin Islands next month to study what conditions must come together to create a hurricane.... Read More »

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