#oceanographer — Public Fediverse posts

Tracking Aftermath From #HurricaneErin on #Ocean
#Meteorologists piece together aftereffects in #hurricane’s path, and look ahead to future storms.
One key signature is temperature. Ocean is layered like a cake, with warm water on top and cold water below. #Hurricanes churn those layers, bringing cooler water to surface. Because hurricanes feed on heat, this cooling effect could weaken future storms in area, said Greg Foltz, #oceanographer at #NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/climate/hurricane-erin-wake-mixing-temperature.html
https://archive.ph/QZk0E

Tracking Aftermath From #HurricaneErin on #Ocean
#Meteorologists piece together aftereffects in #hurricane’s path, and look ahead to future storms.
One key signature is temperature. Ocean is layered like a cake, with warm water on top and cold water below. #Hurricanes churn those layers, bringing cooler water to surface. Because hurricanes feed on heat, this cooling effect could weaken future storms in area, said Greg Foltz, #oceanographer at #NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/climate/hurricane-erin-wake-mixing-temperature.html
https://archive.ph/QZk0E

Tracking Aftermath From #HurricaneErin on #Ocean
#Meteorologists piece together aftereffects in #hurricane’s path, and look ahead to future storms.
One key signature is temperature. Ocean is layered like a cake, with warm water on top and cold water below. #Hurricanes churn those layers, bringing cooler water to surface. Because hurricanes feed on heat, this cooling effect could weaken future storms in area, said Greg Foltz, #oceanographer at #NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/climate/hurricane-erin-wake-mixing-temperature.html
https://archive.ph/QZk0E

Tracking Aftermath From #HurricaneErin on #Ocean
#Meteorologists piece together aftereffects in #hurricane’s path, and look ahead to future storms.
One key signature is temperature. Ocean is layered like a cake, with warm water on top and cold water below. #Hurricanes churn those layers, bringing cooler water to surface. Because hurricanes feed on heat, this cooling effect could weaken future storms in area, said Greg Foltz, #oceanographer at #NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/climate/hurricane-erin-wake-mixing-temperature.html
https://archive.ph/QZk0E

Tracking Aftermath From #HurricaneErin on #Ocean
#Meteorologists piece together aftereffects in #hurricane’s path, and look ahead to future storms.
One key signature is temperature. Ocean is layered like a cake, with warm water on top and cold water below. #Hurricanes churn those layers, bringing cooler water to surface. Because hurricanes feed on heat, this cooling effect could weaken future storms in area, said Greg Foltz, #oceanographer at #NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/climate/hurricane-erin-wake-mixing-temperature.html
https://archive.ph/QZk0E

'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key #Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says #oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf
he Atlantic #Ocean's most vital ocean current (#AMOC), which includes the #GulfStream, acts as a planetary conveyor belt bringing nutrients, oxygen and heat north from tropical waters, while moving colder water south, is showing troubling signs of reaching a disastrous tipping point.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/we-dont-really-consider-it-low-probability-anymore-collapse-of-key-atlantic-current-could-have-catastrophic-impacts-says-oceanographer-stefan-rahmstorf #climatechange #cliamtecrisis

Skyrocketing #ocean temps have scientists scratching their heads, "it’s looking like it’s already June out there"
Oceans steadily warmed over decades, absorbing ~90% of extra heat humans have added to the atmosphere. “The oceans are our saviors, in a way,” says #oceanographer #FranciscoChavez of #MBARI “Things might be a lot worse in terms of #climate impacts, because a lot of that heat is not only kept at the surface, it’s taken to depths.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/skyrocketing-ocean-temperatures-have-scientists-scratching-their-heads/ #climatechange #climatecrisis