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It’s a Myth That Summer Storms Mitigate Droughts: Researcher

Popular opinion says that tropical storms and hurricanes that make landfall mitigate droughts in the southeastern United States. But that simply isn’t true, according to a Florida State University researcher. Vasu Misra, associate professor of meteorology, disputes the commonly held …

FSU Professor Links Tornado Strength, Frequency to Climate Change

New research by a Florida State University geography professor shows that climate change may be playing a key role in the strength and frequency of tornadoes hitting the United States. Published this week in the journal Climate Dynamics, the study …

Researchers Develop New Metric to Measure Destructive Potential of Hurricanes

Researchers at Florida State University have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on the size of storms in addition to the duration and intensity, a measure that may prove important when considering a …