The waters of the Atlantic Ocean have been abnormally warm, providing copious amounts of energy that can intensify storms.

An even more concerning effect of these marine heat waves is the threat they pose to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, which is basically a giant global conveyor belt of ocean water.

Hurricane Milton has become the fifth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record ... AccuWeather’s lead hurricane expert, said ...

In addition to general ocean warming ... air pressure patterns and wind systems over the North Atlantic and Europe that lead ...

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The oceans are warming at an alarming rate. 2023 shattered records across the world's oceans, and was the first time that ...

Hurricane season in the Atlantic brings ... just two ingredients: heat and water. Hurricanes are seeded over the warm waters above the equator, where the air above the ocean's surface takes ...

When Mary Ann Roser and her husband moved to Asheville four months ago they introduced themselves to neighbors as “climate ...

Forecasters say Isaac has strengthened into a hurricane in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and could cause dangerous waves in parts of Bermuda. The storm was about 980 miles east-northeast of ...

A recent study published in Nature Geoscience provides groundbreaking insights into long-term changes in tropical weather ...

A tropical wave in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico ... including record sea surface temperatures across the North Atlantic and high ocean heat content in the Gulf of Mexico. A hotter ocean leads ...

Finally, the Appalachian mountains themselves drove the storm upward to a higher altitude—which cooled the storm quickly.