It may now be possible to weaken hurricanes or veer them away from specific areas, according to the plans of two teams of climate experts. In one method, an aircraft would drop soot into the top of a hurricane, leading to reduced wind speed. For more, view Tim Shipman's article(1) in The Telegraph.

1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/21/wstorm121.xml