Scientists turn to sharks to improve hurricane predictions

Sharks may be used to gather data that helps scientists understand the potential intensity of a hurricane before it makes landfall.

Sharks are being used as mobile ocean sensors by University of Delaware researchers in a new study that could help improve hurricane forecasts. Electronic tags attached to sharks collect water temperature, salinity and depth data as the animals move through the Atlantic. Scientists hope the information will improve und

This summer, researchers at the University of Delaware are experimenting with using sharks to predict the intensity of hurricanes as they approach the East Coast.

Data collected by sharks can help improve forecasts of how strong hurricanes will be.

Scientists turn to sharks to improve hurricane predictions  Reuters

Aug 8 : From the killer shark of "Jaws" to the tornado-tossed predators of the "Sharknado" movies, films long have portrayed sharks as objects of summer fear. But when a shark cuts through the waters off the U.S. East Coast, it now may be doing more than hunting. It may also be gathering data that helps scientists unde