Hurricanes' impact on wildlife worsens
While natural systems in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States have weathered hurricanes for thousands of years, the impact of these storms may be greater than ever before due to human-related influences, according to government scientists. When large tropical storms course across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, their damaging effects are often magnified by ongoing, human-caused disturbances to coastal and island ecosystems, according to U.S. Geological Survey scientists who study the biological and environmental legacy of storms like Hurricane Georges.
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