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No one can figure out why the Atlantic Ocean is cooling at record speed
No one can figure out why the Atlantic Ocean is cooling at record speed
Joshua Hawkins | August 21 2024
The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why. It's been more than a year of record-high global sea temperatures, including being close to the collapse of the AMOC. Despite those troubles, though, the Atlantic is now experiencing something quite baffling-temperatures are cooling, and scientists are scrambling to figure out what's going on.
The ocean typically changes temperature throughout the year. However, this year, scientists say that the emerging "Atlantic Niña" has happened a lot quicker than in the past. The new pattern also appears to be coming ahead of the expected transition to a much cooler La Niña in the Pacific Ocean. While the cooling temperatures are very welcome, they may also cause some different weather effects around the world.
The change in the Atlantic's cooling rate brings an end to the 15-month streak of record-high ocean temperatures. And with El Niño fading away in May and La Niña set to kick off and develop between September and November, the colder waters will be driven up by stronger winds coming in from along the equator...more
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ar-AA1pcupU
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This allows emergency actions like prohibiting natural gas
While at the same time natural gas pipelines are blown up
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explaining how cold the Arlantic has gotten or telling us if it's just an upwelling of cold water, where the temp readings were taken or a change in the loop current or even naming the scientists that are scrambling to figure out what's going on"
Just wondering who chaims what 