Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual
CLIMATEWIRE | This year’s hurricane season is already breaking records less than a month in. Atlantic temperatures are abnormally warm, and tropical storms are emerging in waters that don’t typically produce them until at least August.
Bret is currently churning its way toward the Lesser Antilles, where it’s expected to strike Thursday as a strong tropical storm. The National Hurricane Center predicts that Bret will weaken without developing into a hurricane. The continuous influence of human-caused climate change is one factor. Ocean temperatures are steadily rising over time, and global oceans hit their warmest levels on record in 2022 for the fourth year in a row.A natural high-pressure system that swirls in the atmosphere above the Atlantic, known as the Azores High, has been weaker this year than usual, according to hurricane expert Brian McNoldy at the University of Miami.
Scientists have recently declared the arrival of El Niño, a natural cyclical climate phenomenon that causes temperatures in parts of the Pacific Ocean to temporarily rise. El Niño events can have a wide array of effects on global climate and weather patterns, causing droughts in some places, floods in others and often a general increase in global temperatures.
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