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Rise and fall of American civilizations linked to hurricane frequency
• arcleinIn ongoing studies funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Science Foundation, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Geographic Society, United States Navy and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, scientists have been able to pinpoint the locations and chronology of major hurricanes as far back as 400 AD. The researchers have also been able to determine changes in the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Ocean temperatures currently are the highest they have been since before the Ice Age.