Mark Z. Jacobson

  • Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University
How do you stop a hurricane? Put a wind turbine in the way. Wessex Archaeology/Flickr

Wind turbines could put the brakes on hurricanes

Wind turbines could provide a front-line defence against cyclones and hurricanes, by slowing damaging winds and reducing storm surges. New modelling, published today in Nature Climate Change, shows large…

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