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What he found was that wind turbines "could disrupt a hurricane enough to reduce peak wind speeds by up to 92 mph and decrease storm surge by up to 79%."

It seems the topic is getting more and more popular and is no longer considered fringe research, as this is a paper from nature climate change!

Problem solved.

Those would also work very well to keep the Kaiju's out..

Good point!

launch of satellite to collect data for improvement of ocean models, weather predictions and hurricane forecasts

With extreme precision, the possibility of getting information from the perturbations gives nice side effects

They say it will not replace current wind speed dropsondes which have a ten times better wind speed accuracy, but they could definitely provide a much more extensive view of cyclone wind speeds - at a very low cost!

It could be interesting to compare the accuracy and spatial resolution of the GPS method compared to what can be achieved using L-Band SAR data (e.g. SMOS mission)...

I wonder how much energy you can extract from the ocean in a responsible way... Mixing up different thermal layers would probably a quite an influence on ecology.

The last available assessment report on the ecological impact seems to date from 1981 which would need to be brought up to current standards. On the other hand, this system could have a positive influence on fish population as deep cold water brings nutrients to the surface. The cold water could also be used to lower sea surface temperatures and affect hurricane genesis!