This blog post and the “Deep Dive” podcast on a paper “Tropics-wide intraseasonal oscillations” by Bao et al. (2025) was created by NotebookLM. Deep Dive Podcast “Earth's Global Climate Heartbeat The TWISO Cycle” powered by NotebookLM: 1.0 Introduction: The Stable Tropics Aren't So Stable When we think about the climate of the tropics, we tend... Continue Reading →
This blog post and the “Debate” podcast on a paper “Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown suppresses Atlantic Niño variability” by Freire-SouzaLi et al. (2025) was created by NotebookLM. Debate Podcast: This is different from Deep Dive Podcast. This is a debate between two hosts, illuminating different perspectives on the study, “Meltwater or Warming Drives Atlantic... Continue Reading →
This blog post and the "Deep Drive" podcast on a new paper "Atmosphere-driven processes in shaping long-term climate variability in Greenland and the broader subpolar North Atlantic" by Li et al. (2025) was created by NotebookLM. Deep Dive Podcast "The Wind-Driven Mystery of the North Atlantic Warming Hole: How Atmospheric Swings Orchestrate Ocean Heat and... Continue Reading →
The southwestern United States (US) and Northern Mexico experienced their longest stretch of record-breaking heat wave in the summer of 2023 from mid-June to early August, affecting over 100 million people, causing over 200 deaths, and $14.5 billion in economic loss. In Phoenix, Arizona, for example, the heat wave lasted for 31 days from 30... Continue Reading →
I was discussing with my colleagues about a recent northward shift of the Gulf Stream position and debating why that happened. So, I decided to read again one of my favorite physical oceanography papers "A two-level wind and buoyancy driven thermocline model" by the late Dr. Peter D. Killworth. This paper was published in 1985... Continue Reading →
Atlantic Niña is a natural climate pattern characterized by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean, appearing predominantly in June-August. It is considered the 'cold phase' of the Atlantic Zonal Mode, the leading mode of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature variability in June-August, similar to how La Niña is the cold phase... Continue Reading →
Atlantic Niña is a natural climate pattern characterized by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean. It’s considered the 'cold phase' of what oceanographers call the Atlantic Zonal Mode, similar to how La Niña is the cold phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Pacific. Looking at the latest NOAA... Continue Reading →
I asked Gemini (Flash 2.5) about the signal-to-noise paradox regarding the North Atlantic Oscillation, which is one of the emerging new ideas (or concepts) in climate research. Here is the reply. Yes, I am familiar with the signal-to-noise paradox, especially as it relates to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). It's a significant and intriguing challenge... Continue Reading →
The Antarctic Slope Current (ASC) is the westward-flowing coastal current system around Antarctica, largely driven by easterly winds. It serves as a barrier to heat and salt exchanges between the cold, fresh Antarctic ice shelf region and the warm, salty Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) in the Southern Ocean. A weakening of the ASC allows more... Continue Reading →
As the Earth warms due to anthropogenic climate change, sea- and land-based ice melts, adding buoyant freshwater to the surface of the high-latitude North Atlantic and thus decreasing salinity. This makes the surface water lighter reducing the sinking of the surface water and thus the AMOC. However, the amount of added freshwater is not enough... Continue Reading →
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