El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs
1 year, 7 months ago

El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs

The Hindu  

Winds are weakening along the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Specifically, El Niño tends to trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves. Global ocean temperatures are already at record highs, so El Niño-induced marine heat waves could push many sensitive fisheries to a breaking point. But for many marine organisms that are highly adapted to specific water temperatures, marine heat waves can make living in the ocean feel like running a marathon. In the Bay of Bengal east of India, interactions between El Niño and a tropical air flow pattern known as the Walker Circulation elevate the risk for marine heat waves.

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The oceans are weirdly warm. It's not just climate change : Short Wave : NPR
3 months, 1 week ago

The oceans are weirdly warm. It's not just climate change : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

Climate change is one reason for hotter oceans. But there are others Enlarge this image toggle caption Jack Brook/AP Jack Brook/AP Hurricane season is heating up: Hurricane Francine hit Louisiana last week and dumped rain across the South. It can help storms like Francine get really powerful, in addition to causing problems for fish and other marine species. Climate change …

Bye bye, El Nino. Cooler hurricane-helping La Nina to replace the phenomenon that adds heat to Earth
6 months, 1 week ago

Bye bye, El Nino. Cooler hurricane-helping La Nina to replace the phenomenon that adds heat to Earth

Associated Press  

The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. “The likelihood of a La Nina coupled with record warm sea surface temperatures is the reason the National Hurricane Center is forecasting an extraordinary hurricane season,” said Kathie Dello, North Carolina’s state climatologist. “States from Texas to Maine are …

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The driving forces behind these projections include the alternating Pacific Ocean climate patterns known as El Niño and La Niña, which can create huge shifts in temperature and precipitation across the North and South American continents. After almost a year of El Niño, La Niña is …

Like water sloshing in a giant bathtub, El Niño begins an inevitable retreat
7 months, 1 week ago

Like water sloshing in a giant bathtub, El Niño begins an inevitable retreat

LA Times  

A few weeks ago, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology declared that the Pacific Ocean is no longer in an El Niño state and has returned to “neutral.” American scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been more hesitant, but they estimate that there is an 85% chance that the Pacific will enter a neutral state in the next …

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat
7 months, 2 weeks ago

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat

NPR  

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat Enlarge this image toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images The climate pattern known as El Niño is heading for the exit, after a year when it helped drive global temperatures to new records. Sponsor Message Scientists say it's a stark warning …

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat

BBC  

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat Getty Images Excessive phytoplankton growth can choke the sea surface with a jelly-like layer of slime known as "sea snot" as ocean temperatures increase Record ocean temperatures suggest the seas are warming faster than expected, and the impacts will be felt from polar ice shelves to coastal cities across …

An El Niño-less summer is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
7 months, 3 weeks ago

An El Niño-less summer is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US

CNN  

CNN — It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Niño – a player in last year’s especially brutal summer – is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. What this summer’s weather could look like El Niño is a natural climate …

Record ocean and land heat continues in autumn as El Nino intensifies
1 year, 1 month ago

Record ocean and land heat continues in autumn as El Nino intensifies

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Ocean and land temperatures continued their record-breaking spree in October. Sea surface and land temperatures have been at record highs for seven and five months respectively, data maintained by University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer shows. Average sea surface temperatures were significantly high in October compared to the 1982-2011 mean and higher than any year since 1981 as per …

A warm, wet El Niño winter is in store for California and much of the U.S.
1 year, 2 months ago

A warm, wet El Niño winter is in store for California and much of the U.S.

LA Times  

After a blistering summer of record heat, raging wildfires and unpredictable storms, federal scientists on Thursday said a warm, wet winter driven by El Niño is in store for California and much of the rest of the country. “The anticipated strong El Niño is the predominant climate factor driving the U.S. winter outlook this year,” said Jon Gottschalck, chief of …

El Nino effect pushes global monthly mean ocean temp to all-time high
1 year, 3 months ago

El Nino effect pushes global monthly mean ocean temp to all-time high

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi El Nino has put oceans on an uncharted path since April with global monthly mean ocean temperatures currently at an all-time high relative to temperatures since records started to be kept, and potentially extending even further into the past. Warmer ocean temperatures impact the marine environment and associated ecosystems, and ocean heat can also fuel developing tropical cyclones, …

Marine heat waves may be favouring more cyclones in the Arabian Sea: INCOIS scientists
1 year, 6 months ago

Marine heat waves may be favouring more cyclones in the Arabian Sea: INCOIS scientists

The Hindu  

Marine heat waves could have provided a favourable condition for the cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ to form over the Arabian Sea and become a very severe cyclone, say scientists of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Systems under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. These events suggest that increased cyclogenesis over the Arabian Sea in the recent decade is linked to persistent …

Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame
1 year, 6 months ago

Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame

LA Times  

With the golden glow of the sunset, surfer Dylan Sloan, 15, of Huntington Beach, gets a coveted tube ride while surfing big waves generated by winter storms at the Seal Beach pier in January. “There has never been any day in observed history where the entire North Atlantic has been nearly as warm as it is right now, at any …

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
1 year, 6 months ago

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

Associated Press  

An early bird El Nino has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced. “The onset of El Nino has implications for placing 2023 in the running for warmest year on record when combined with climate-warming background,” said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd. …

Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
1 year, 6 months ago

Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The onset of El Nino has implications for placing …

El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S.
1 year, 6 months ago

El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S.

NPR  

El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S. toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR El Niño is officially here, and that means things are about to get even hotter. It's one of the most obvious ways that El Niño, which is a natural climate pattern, exacerbates the effects of climate change, which is caused by humans burning fossil …

Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
1 year, 7 months ago

Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike

Associated Press  

The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming. From early March to this week, the global average ocean sea surface temperature jumped nearly two-tenths of a degree Celsius, according to the University …

Science-wise: After Hottest Feb, Brace for Scorching Summer, Subpar Monsoon as El Nino Returns
1 year, 9 months ago

Science-wise: After Hottest Feb, Brace for Scorching Summer, Subpar Monsoon as El Nino Returns

News 18  

The meteorologists have sounded the alarm. After the hottest February on record, it has to now brace for a sweltering summer while waiting for the monsoon rains which are likely to begin under the shadow of a dominating climate system – El Nino. But another worry that looms large is the return of El Nino – a global ocean phenomenon …

Climate crisis: El Nino may cause spike in temperatures, says WMO
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate crisis: El Nino may cause spike in temperatures, says WMO

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A warming El Nino event may develop in the coming months after three consecutive years of La Nina, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday while warning of a likely spike in temperatures globally this year. WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas said, “If we do now enter an El Nino phase, this is likely to fuel another spike in …

Global temperatures ‘likely’ to see another spike as chances of El Nino increase
1 year, 9 months ago

Global temperatures ‘likely’ to see another spike as chances of El Nino increase

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific …

Explained | El Niño, La Niña and changing weather patterns
2 years ago

Explained | El Niño, La Niña and changing weather patterns

The Hindu  

The story so far: A new study projects that climate change will significantly impact El Niño-La Niña weather patterns approximately by 2030 — a decade before what was earlier predicted, and around four decades earlier than the suggested timeline without separating the two regimes. El Niño and La Niña are atmospheric patterns that influence warming and cooling of sea surface …

Scientists warn of dire effects as Mediterranean heats up
2 years, 4 months ago

Scientists warn of dire effects as Mediterranean heats up

Associated Press  

MADRID — While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves. We have to take action on the climate issues as soon as possible.” Garrabou is part of a team that recently published the report on heat waves …

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