(MODIS Rapid Response Project/NASA) This image of Tropical Storm Franklin was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite at 1800 UTC on July 24, 2005.
Hurricane History Recorded in Earth's Noise
OCTOBER 28, 2009 Emily Sohn, Discovery News
Detailed hurricane records go back about 50 years. Scientists started using satellite technology to monitor the storms in the 1960s. Before that, people reported hurricanes from ships, airplanes, and stations on land. But people most likely missed the storms that stayed offshore or died out before being spotted.
According to new research, these storms also make a small but detectable mark on the rhythm of the Earth's background noise.
Read the story by Emily Sohn: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33345205
