Offshore wind could calm hurricanes | Climate News Network
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By Tim Radford
US scientists say that very large wind farms could not only withstand a hurricane: they would also weaken it and so protect coastal communities.
LONDON, 26 February – US engineers have thought of a new way to take the heat out of a hurricane. Fortuitously-placed offshore wind farms could make dramatic reductions in wind speeds and storm surge wave heights.
Hurricanes are capricious consequences of peculiar sea temperature and wind conditions, while wind farms are the outcome of years of thoughtful design and investment, and not an emergency response to a severe weather warning. 