Unusually warm ocean waters can amplify extreme rainfall in downwind areas, leaving coastal communities—especially those in developing countries—at risk.
Adityarup Chakravorty
Adityarup Chakravorty is a freelance science writer based in Madison, Wis. His interests span a wide variety of topics, from Earth sciences to molecular biology. He has written for Eos, Earth magazine, and Hakai Magazine among others. He is also a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is exploring how some human herpesviruses cause cancers (and how to stop them).
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