Hurricane Beryl supercharged by ‘crazy’ ocean temperatures, experts say

[rumrocks]

That was for information purposes only, I don’t have the time to debate right now.
But I do know there are more oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere than carbon molecules however I don’t know the size of said molecules which may have an effect on trapping heat on the earth side of the atmosphere. Possibly even the altitude of the different molecules has an effect on heat trapping.
I’m not a physicist/scientist but there are days when it’s -35 and the tool box is open beside a tractor or paying 433.00 for a part that was built for 7.16, sitting at a desk gathering data and making calculations wouldn’t be too bad.
But I know me, there would be occasions when a boss would come in and explain grant money and making adjustments to my calculations.
While cleaning out my desk with a swollen hand, my mind would dream of a simpler life without atmospheric molecules, perhaps even grain or cattle.
Maybe this winter a debate will happen, but for now it’s time to get back to the art of feeding people•

[furrowtickler]

Sure Rumrocks.

Where is the science that says human caused climate change is not happening?

I will save you the trouble of looking and predict you will come up empty handed just like your other climate change denier comrades who have all kinds of excuses and distractions as the crickets sing!

The only crickets is from the climate alarmists that say nothing if the root cause this year of slight warming in some areas at times

[furrowtickler]

And more on this fact

[Landdownunder]

My opiniion on here aint worth jack shitz.

But "dry" volcanic eruption put dust ash plume zillions of chemicals into atmosphere stratosphere.

"wet" volcanic eruptions put water vapour and zillions of chemicals into atmospshere and stratosphere.

Each affect weather differerntly for 6 to 36 months depending on severity. Starting to get measured nowadays.

Some guys didnt concentrate during science classes it seems.

All of you guys correct do a degree parden the pun

current freaking out about heating over antartica last time it happened big fat zero happened. This time maybe some more high pressure systems no mass panic

[chuckChuck]

Furrow is pretty sure social media has the answers.

And the climate scientists are all wrong!

And that the Tonga eruption in 2022 explains all the warming and climate change in the last 30 years!

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Hurricane Beryl supercharged by ‘crazy’ ocean temperatures, experts say

Warning after intensification of storm aided by unusually hot ocean waters in much of Beryl’s path

Oliver Milman ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliver-milman[/url])
Tue 9 Jul 2024 11.00 BSTLast modified on Tue 9 Jul 2024 13.33 BST

Hurricane Beryl, which slammed into Texas on Monday after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/caribbean[/url]), was supercharged by “absolutely crazy” ocean temperatures that are likely to fuel further violent storms in the coming months, scientists have warned.
Beryl left more than 2m people without power ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/08/hurricane-beryl-landfall-texas-coast-houston[/url]) after making landfall near Houston as a category one storm, after having rampaged ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/jul/04/drone-footage-shows-trail-of-destruction-caused-by-hurricane-beryl-in-grenada-video[/url]) through the Caribbean as a category 5 hurricane, with wind speeds reaching 165mph, killing 11 people.

There has never been a category 5 Atlantic hurricane this early in the year before, with most major storms forming closer to September. Beryl, however, rapidly accelerated from a minor storm to a category four event in just two days.
This deadly intensification was aided by unusually hot ocean temperatures along much of Beryl’s path, scientists say, with seawater heated by the climate crisis helping provide the storm with extra energy over the past 10 days.
“Beryl would be astounding to happen anyway, but for it to form in June is completely unprecedented,” said Brian McNoldy, a climate scientist at the University of Miami. “It’s just remarkable to see sea temperatures this warm.
“I don’t think anyone would expect an outlier like this to happen, it exceeded expectations. With a climate-change influenced ocean, we are making extreme storms like this more likely to happen.”
While ocean temperatures around the world have been steadily marching upwards ([url]https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/global-ocean-heat-content/[/url]) as the planet heats due the burning of fossil fuels, the past year has been “off the charts”, according to McNoldy. Last year was the ocean’s hottest on record ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/11/ocean-warming-temperatures-2023-extreme-weather-data[/url]), with marine heatwaves sweeping 90% of the globe’s oceans. This surge in heat has barely paused, with sea surface temperatures records tumbling every single day for 12 months in a row until March ([url]https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/oceans-record-hot-rcna143179[/url]).
A slice of the tropical Atlantic stretching from central America to Africa called the main development region is the main spawning area for most hurricanes and this stretch has been “amazingly warm” in recent weeks, McNoldy said. In places across the northern Atlantic, temperatures have been as much as 5C (9F) above normal in the past month ([url]https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/more-year-north-atlantic-has-been-running-fever[/url]).
Ocean temperatures in the region typically peak in September or October but the extra heat has delivered such conditions unusually early this year. “In the Caribbean Sea it has actually been warmer than its usual peak since mid-May, which is absolutely crazy,” said McNoldy. “If the ocean already looks like it’s the peak of hurricane season, we are going to get peak hurricanes.”
Temperatures across much of the Gulf of Mexico, meanwhile, are “essentially as warm as bathtub water,” said Alex DaSilva, lead hurricane expert at AccuWeather. “Those warm waters are at the surface, and they extend hundreds of feet down. Warm waters act like jet fuel for hurricanes, and it won’t take long for temperatures to rebound in the wake of Beryl.”
The persistently elevated ocean temperatures portend a potentially disastrous hurricane season, with the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration forecasting ([url]https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season[/url]) eight to 13 hurricanes until November, up from the usual seven. The onset of the periodic La Nina climate conditions could further propel such storms. “Beryl is a worrying omen for the rest of the season,” McNoldy said. “This won’t be the last of these storms.”
While climate change isn’t necessarily increasing the overall number of hurricanes, scientists have found evidence that storms are now becoming fiercer ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/are-hurricanes-getting-stronger-and-is-the-climate-crisis-to-blame[/url]), gaining in strength quicker ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/07/hurricane-strength-global-warming-intensification[/url]) and even moving more slowly ([url]https://www.nasa.gov/general/five-questions-to-help-you-understand-hurricanes-and-climate-change/[/url]). Hurricanes are drawing their power from warmer oceans, while also unleashing more severe bouts of rainfall due to the extra moisture held in the Earth’s atmosphere due to global heating.

Rising ocean heat poses new threats in terms of damaging hurricanes – some scientists want ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/05/hurricanes-becoming-so-strong-that-new-category-needed-study-says[/url]) a new “category 6” classification to be added to storms above 192mph – but also to the vast network of life, including humanity, which depends on the marine expanse that covers 70% of the planet.

Oceans are soaking up vast quantities of human-created emissions and heat, which is shielding people on land from even worse temperature rises but also warping ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/08/fish-ocean-warming-migration-sea[/url]) fish populations, dissolving away coral reefs ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/26/most-of-it-was-dead-scientists-discovers-one-of-great-barrier-reefs-worst-coral-bleaching-events[/url]) and shellfish ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/feb/23/climate-change-pollution-shellfish-ocean-acidification[/url]), robbing the seas of oxygen ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/04/extreme-heat-oceans-acidification[/url]) and potentially upending ([url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds[/url]) foundational ocean currents.

Such dramatic changes to the oceans will have an extraordinary legacy beyond individual human lifespans, scientists warn. “The time scale of the oceans is not as fast as the atmosphere,” Celeste Saulo, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization, said earlier this year. “Once a change is established, I would say it’s almost irreversible in time scales that go from centennial to millennial.”

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Hmmm, explain this then chuck …