Equatorial Upwelling

The Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why

The Atlantic is cooling at a record speed, and the cause remains a mystery. As I ponder this perplexing phenomenon, I can’t help but think back to a movie I watched once where everything worked out fine in the end, despite millions of lives lost. It seems like everyone has their own theories on what’s happening, from ice cubes being dropped into the ocean to windmills magically cooling the surface. But the reality is, the experts don’t have all the answers either.

According to climate.gov, this sudden cooling is due to strong winds that act on the ocean surface. The normal rainfall band around the tropics, driven by solar heating, migrates northward during the summer in the Northern Hemisphere.… Continue reading