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===== How climate change is intensifying hurricanes ===== | |||
[https://grist.org/extreme-weather/how-climate-change-is-intensifying-hurricanes/ by Amal Ahmed 7/7/25 Grist] | |||
Extreme weather seems to make the headlines almost every week, as disasters increasingly strike out of season, break records, and hit places they never have before. | |||
===== Rising surface salinity and declining sea ice: A new Southern Ocean state revealed by satellites ===== | |||
[https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500440122 by Alessandro Silvano 30/6/25 PNAS] | |||
For decades, the surface of the polar Southern Ocean (south of 50°S) has been freshening—an expected response to a warming climate. This freshening enhanced upper-ocean stratification, reducing the upward transport of subsurface heat and possibly contributing to sea ice expansion. | |||
===== Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out ===== | ===== Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out ===== | ||