US Government May Try to Lessen Hurricane Strength

With the intensity of hurricanes on the rise due to global warming, the US government is rumored to be considering a number of options to do a little damage control. Different methods of seeding storms or cooling the sea water could lessen storms or alter their courses. William Laska of the Department of Homeland Security commented that, “We do not want to stop hurricanes completely as this could cause other unintended consequences…But if we can decrease the intensity of a hurricane from a level five to a level four, then the amount of damage can be dramatically reduced.” Critics of weather-modifying schemes, though, note that success is doubtful with “…relatively poor knowledge about the mechanisms that cause weather in the first... [read full story]