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Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones can transfer heat across the globe, restore ecosystems, and help drought-stricken parts of the world.
We often hear about the negatives of tropical storms and hurricanes: destructive winds, dangerous storm surge, flash flooding, and landslides.
But there is an energy imbalance on Earth, and both play an important role in helping offset this natural occurrence.
The equator gets too much heat; the poles lose too much heat. This drives weather patterns, such as trade winds, ocean currents, and storms, as Earth tries hard to achieve equilibrium.
Hurricanes are efficient movers of heat known as heat engines<...
