News Release 09-151 - Video
An interview with Michael Mann, lead author of the paper on historical hurricane seasons.
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An interview with Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and the lead author of a paper in the August 13, 2009 edition of the journal Nature. Mann and his colleagues studied sediment cores and statistical models to show that hurricane activity has increased in recent decades to a level not seen in over 1,000 years.
Credit: Pennsylvania State University, National Science Foundation