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Hurricanes Shoot Water Ice into the Stratosphere
Description: Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones inject ice far into the stratosphere, possibly feeding global warming, researchers now say. Since water vapor is an important greenhouse gas, an increase of water vapor in the stratosphere would warm the Earth's surface. [Source: LiveScience]
URL: http://www.livescience.com/environment/090420-cyclones-stratosphere.html
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Source: LiveScience
Publish Date: 4/20/2009
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