Forecasters predict a very active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
Warmer ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic could fuel stronger storms
![Hurricane Dorian](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/041620_CG_hurricane-brief_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Hurricane Dorian, shown here on Sept. 3, 2019, barreled into the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm before weakening as it moved toward the United States.
Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory, using MODIS data from LANCE/ NASA EOSDIS and Worldview/GIBS