In the Blue Holes of the Bahamas, Secrets of Hurricanes Past
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/science/blue-holes-hurricanes.html
Source: By Katherine Kornei, The New York Times
Excerpt: Scientists assembled a 1,500-year history of big storm activity by retrieving sediment from the island country’s submarine caverns. ... researchers have assembled a 1,500-year history of hurricanes in the Bahamas, based on sand and shell fragments pulled up from submarine caverns known as blue holes. Their results, published in October in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology [https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019PA003665], show that hurricane activity has varied over time. In fact, recent hurricane activity in the Bahamas has been low compared with historical highs, despite intense activity elsewhere in the Atlantic arena. The fluctuations are likely driven by changes in atmospheric and oceanic circulation and volcanism, the scientists suggest. ... Cooler ocean surface temperatures have been linked to reduced hurricane activity.....
Source: By Katherine Kornei, The New York Times
Excerpt: Scientists assembled a 1,500-year history of big storm activity by retrieving sediment from the island country’s submarine caverns. ... researchers have assembled a 1,500-year history of hurricanes in the Bahamas, based on sand and shell fragments pulled up from submarine caverns known as blue holes. Their results, published in October in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology [https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019PA003665], show that hurricane activity has varied over time. In fact, recent hurricane activity in the Bahamas has been low compared with historical highs, despite intense activity elsewhere in the Atlantic arena. The fluctuations are likely driven by changes in atmospheric and oceanic circulation and volcanism, the scientists suggest. ... Cooler ocean surface temperatures have been linked to reduced hurricane activity.....