The smaller SST difference between polar and equatorial regions reduces the available energy for big streams. Static oceans + higher temperature differences between surface and abyssal waters mean that more is energy needed for vertical mix.
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We look at our neighboring worlds and we see a grim warning. Venus is a runaway greenhouse hellscape, its surface hot enough to melt lead. Mars is a frozen, bone-dry desert. Earth is the anomaly,a perfectly balanced, delicate jewel where the conditions for life are miraculously just right.
Yet, we continue to treat our atmosphere as if it were an infinite dumping ground.
A fragile canopy. A destabilized climate. A global crisis.
The world just gained a marine protected area the size of France
French Polynesia made one of the biggest single contributions to ocean protection in history.
Now make sure that protection is enforced
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El Niño is born! Destined to be the biggest in 150 years +??
NOAA declares: El Niño Advisory
This morning conditions in the Eastern Pacific met the criteria for El Niño. This means Sea Surface Temps reached a certain level above normal, and the ocean and atmosphere “coupled” meaning they are now working in tandem to produce impacts. This event is widely advertised by models to be potentially the strongest on record. El Niño takes very hot water stored in the deep tropical west Pacific, pushing it east and up to the surface, lofting that heat into the atmosphere, which supercharges weather events and throws the climate off-kilter. This typical means more intense heatwaves & floods, but also it restrains the Atlantic hurricane season. So its impacts are both good and bad. One thing seems virtually certain: the heat released into the atmosphere will make for some unprecedented events through 2027, and on top of longterm warming, the hottest global temperatures in many tens of 1000s of years. #ElNino #florida #storm #heatwave #flood #drought
"An example of this was the summer 2023 with record‐breaking SST in the North Atlantic including in the“COLD BLOB” region...it subsequently reappeared after deep winter mixing"
#climatechange https://t.co/k5jzmE2twv
-1 on the surface the "COLD BLOB" can disappear for entire seasons and consequently its climatic effect on Europe
-2 rising temperatures and the resulting higher stratification will likely make the cold blob increasingly less visible.
visible on the sea surface.
Quote "example of this was the summer 2023 with record‐breaking sea‐surface temperatures in the North Atlantic including in the“cold blob” region...The “cold blob” subsequently reappeared after deep winter mixing"
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Particularly relevant : -1 on the sea surface, the cold blob can disappear for entire seasons (even now), and consequently its climatic effect on Europe; -2 rising temperatures and the resulting higher stratification will likely make the cold blob increasingly less..
Multidecadal Atlantic “Warming Hole” Heat Content Variations Are Caused by Ocean Heat Transport, Not by Surface Fluxes
https://t.co/oRXd5qkVub
https://t.co/61e6GWhJYN
Trend of ocean heat content in W/m² in the full‐depth water column for 1955–2024, the interval over which these data are considered sufficiently reliable (Cheng et al., 2024). Non‐significant trends (90% level) are indicated by stippling. Note that even no trend in the “cold blob” region would be highly relevant when almost the whole globe is warming.
Credit: Rahmstorf et al. (2026)
The new ENSO Euro Plumes were released this morning. Hard to believe, but they are even stronger! Some members are even above 4°C! Insane.
I thought it may be helpful to add the color bars to distinguish between strong vs historic events. Truth be told historic starts below +3C but for consistency I started it at 3.
This will be followed by the Relative Nino plots which are honestly only a smidge below the traditional Nino index. 🧵 1/2
@DavidUllrich202 10 years of N-W Atlantic SST (4 June 2016, 2020, 2024, 2026)
Now there are about the same Sea Surface temperatures with less Gulfstream.
Less temp. diff. means less energy for bigs mass water stream.
No variation for Labrador cold str.
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The mysterious cold blob around #Greenland wasn't there in march 2026
Is possible a cold blob under the well known Arctic climate forcing?
A graph about the unbelievable Arctic's temperatures growth (about 1°C/decade)
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Antarctica’s Collapse May Have Already Begun
Antarctica is melting and one of its largest glaciers is collapsing from underneath. Thwaites could trigger a wider collapse of the full West Antarctic ice sheet, raising sea levels by 5 meters.
Credit: Russell Arnott ― New Scientist
The past eleven years have been the hottest on record.
Every fraction of a degree brings greater harm – especially to the most vulnerable.
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, warning signals are everywhere.
This is the moment to act for our environment & for our future.
Warmer waters upper stratification everywhere, in Antarctica too, where the traditional pro sea ice stratification is now gone. Another unknown tipping point already broken that was understood at posterior. For the pre 2019 modelling an 1/700.000.000 events
The smaller SST difference between polar and equatorial regions reduces the available energy for big streams. Static oceans + higher temperature differences between surface and abyssal waters mean that more is energy needed for vertical mix.
#ClimateChange#ClimateEmergency