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Scientists at AOML Discover Atlantic Niño Fuels the Most Intense and Destructive Tropical Cyclones

AOML Communications — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:55:27 +0000

Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) found that Atlantic Niño, the Atlantic counterpart of the Pacific El Niño, increases the formation of tropical cyclones off the coast of West Africa, also known as Cape (Cabo) Verde hurricanes. The study published in Nature Communications is the first to investigate the links between Atlantic Niño/Niña and seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and the associated physical mechanisms.

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Larger than Normal Atlantic Warm Pool Leads to an Increase in US Heat Waves

AOML Communications — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:02:44 +0000

Heat extremes are the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States, prompting the climate community to study the driving forces behind these extreme events to improve their prediction. A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research finds an increase in summertime heat wave occurrence over the US Great Plains is linked to a larger than normal tropical Atlantic warm pool.

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Atlantic Coast Hurricanes Intensifying Faster Than Forty Years Ago

AOML Communications — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:31:07 +0000

New NOAA research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that hurricane intensification rates near the U.S. Atlantic coast have increased significantly over the last 40 years and will likely continue to increase in the future.

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Climate change may fuel more heat waves in the western U.S. and Great Lakes

AOML Communications — Tue, 01 May 2018 19:26:15 +0000

AOML scientists, Hosmay Lopez and his colleagues used observations as well as model simulations of 20th Century climate and 21st Century projections to show that the occurrence of heat waves in the U.S. are on the rise and will continue to do so in the coming decades. This research was recently published in Nature Climate Change.

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