Warmer waters and other factors are allowing Atlantic hurricanes to grow stronger faster.
Oceans
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Subducted Seamounts May Lead to Larger Earthquakes
New findings show that underwater mountains may increase friction along subduction zones, building up stress and making larger ruptures more likely.
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El estallido de burbujas acelera el deshielo de los glaciares
Tener en cuenta el efecto burbuja podría mejorar las estimaciones sobre el deshielo de los glaciares submarinos y prever mejor su contracción a medida que se calientan los océanos.
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Bolstered by Buoys: Predicting El Niño
Scientists investigate the importance of a Pacific buoy network in monitoring and predicting the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
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Measuring Carbon’s Flow from Land to Sea
A new study catalogs how dissolved inorganic carbon moves through southeast Alaska’s waterways.
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There is No JOIDES in Mudville
After almost 4 decades of research, the JOIDES Resolution will retire in 2024, leaving the ocean floor in peace (for now).
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Deep Emissions Cuts Still Needed to Prevent the Worst Climate Change Impacts
A new federal report says the effects of human-caused climate change are worsening in every region of the United States, but the technology to address it exists.
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Gently Down the Stream: Carbon’s Journey from Land to Sea and Beyond
Movement of carbon from land to ocean and atmosphere plays an important, but understudied, role in the global carbon cycle.
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Rivers Are Warming Up and Losing Oxygen
Researchers used deep learning to fill in the gaps of “patchy” water quality data, revealing decades-long trends toward warmer and less oxygenated rivers that could have worrisome consequences.
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Patterns of Surface Warming Matter for Climate Sensitivity
Location, location, location. Surface temperature patterns play a fundamental role in Earth’s energy budget.