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Hurricanes are how the planet transfers excess heat from the equatorial Atlantic to the cooler northern latitudes. The heat has to go somewhere. If we aren’t g

• rapjr9 4y ago
  Seems that if there are no hurricanes the heat stays in the ocean: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/6223/passing-of-hurricanes-cools-entire-gulf https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/6223/passing-of-hur... Possibly this means the hurricane season might shift to be later than normal since the ocean will remain warmer? The heat goes into the atmosphere so if the oceans stay warm and the atmosphere cools due to the change of seasons it seems likely there will be a greater temperature differential, which might mean stronger hurricanes. Or the heat just stays in the ocean and does what heat does in the ocean (higher tides since the water swells some? More environmental problems for life in the ocean?)
• teslabox 4y ago
  We’re in the third year of La Niña: cool ocean temperatures in the pacific: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/e... The oceans are heated by underwater volcanoes and the sun. The sun has been slightly less active than usual this Solar cycle. We don’t measure most of the underwater volcanos’ output. Probably going to be a cold winter in the northern hemisphere.
  • bburrito 4y ago
    https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/solar-cycle/historical-solar-cycles.html https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/solar-cyc...