Hurricane Dorian in 2019 from the International Space Station. A study found that the frequency of hurricanes and typhoons is decreasing.
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Hurricane numbers are decreasing in every ocean basin except for one, study finds
Before the era of satellites, it was next to impossible to know whether a hurricane occurred out in the open ocean unless a ship was unlucky enough to run into it. And scientists for decades have been trying to piece together a historical record to better understand how the climate crisis is changing these storms.
