597070 external_news 1507314590 1507750054 Climate scientists use 30-year cycles when they study weather events like hurricanes so they can better understand how climate change may impact their findings. The Associated Press did the same thing, breaking up the past 167 years of government data on major Atlantic hurricanes into 30-year periods. It found that the current cycle is the most active period for hurricanes ever recorded. Kim Cobb, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has some thoughts on how policymakers should deal with these findings, and she shares them in this article. 

 

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