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Hurricanes Move Away from Equator with Expanding Tropics

05.14.2014 - By Scientific AmericanPlay

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Since the 1970s the locations where tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) reach their maximum intensities have shifted toward both poles at a rate of about 35 miles per decade. David Biello reports

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