Scientists are completely baffled by the Atlantic's cooling rate, but nobody can figure out why it's cooling so fast.
The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why. It’s been more than a year of record-high global sea temperatures, including being close to the collapse of the AMOC. Despite those troubles, though, the Atlantic is now experiencing something quite baffling—temperatures are cooling, and scientists are scrambling to figure out what’s going on. The ocean typically changes temperature throughout the year.
The change in the Atlantic’s cooling rate brings an end to the 15-month streak of record-high ocean temperatures. And with El Niño fading away in May and La Niña set to kick off and develop between September and November, the colder waters will be driven up by stronger winds coming in from along the equator.
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