For a given long term rate of hurricanes (e.g., once per decade), clustered events are less damaging than random ones as they give reefs time to recover. Considering this helps predict the future of coral reefs accurately.
October 19, 2011 11:41 pm | Updated 11:41 pm IST
Palm trees sways as the wind blows in the hotel zone in Cancun October 16, 2011. A large low-pressure system centered along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula has a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next two days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia (MEXICO - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TRAVEL)
For a given long term rate of hurricanes (e.g., once per decade), clustered events are less damaging than random ones as they give reefs time to recover. Considering this helps predict the future of coral reefs accurately.
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