The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) is a reliable pulse in the tropical stratosphere, a critical predictor of global weather. A new study shows that the QBO may collapse under sustained global warming, thereby disrupting our ability to predict global weather. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/03/04/t...
One caveat is that a northward shift in satellite data is linked to a strengthening (not a weakening) of the Gulf Stream often driven by (+) North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). So, it is premature to say that the shifting is already happening. 🌊🧪
A high-resolution climate model study suggests that a northward shift in the Gulf Stream is the first sign of a potential AMOC collapse: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/03/03/s...
This conclusion is also consistent with an earlier study by Kohyama et al. (2021, Science): www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A new article shows why rising atmospheric CO2 is acidifying our blood and weakening our skeleton - the human (and animal) biological equivalent of "ocean acidification". 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/03/01/c...
Have you noticed synchronized SST anomalies between the Pacific and Atlantic in global maps? It’s not a coincidence. According to a new study in Science Advances by Joh et al. (2026), this "oceanic handshake" is directly linked to the retreat of Arctic sea ice. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/03/01/t...
A GRL paper by Song et al.(2026) shows that cold bias in coupled models stalls Kuroshio engine for the powerful storms hitting the North American west coast: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/27/c...
A new GRL article by Klotzbach et al. (2026) explains why the late-season Caribbean hurricane frequency has doubled in the past 20 years. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/24/t...
A new study used a 5-10km spatial resolution climate model to explain why traditional climate models (e.g., CMIP6 models) fail to reproduce the observed cooling trend in the tropical Pacific. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/24/m...
A study suggests that the South Atlantic is the ideal location to monitor the future weakening of the AMOC. This is because the short-term natural variability in the North Atlantic is effectively filtered out in the South. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/21/w...
A new study proposes that La Nina-induced rainfall reduction in the western-central equatorial Pacific drives the 2nd-year La Nina. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/19/h...
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Sorry. This WP article is behind the paywall, and I have no subscription to WP.
A Washington Post reporter was onboard the F.G. Walton Smith with a team of oceanographers from NOAA's AOML and the University of Miami: "At about 4 a.m., oceanographer Denis Volkov, right, checks in on Jay Hooper, who helps the team with data management" 🌊🧪 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This new article suggests that surface heat loss over the Barents Sea is the primary driver (or source) of dense water formation in the Arctic region and its contribution to the deep southward branch of the AMOC. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/12/t...
A new preprint article describes a 40-year hindcast archive of U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Storm Surge and Wave from Landfalling Hurricanes: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/10/a...
A new paper led by Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan, a senior scientist at NOAA's AOML, reports a fully-coupled regional forecast system for predicting severe weather and coastal hazards in South Asia: 🌊🧪 rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nordic research council urges international cooperation to mitigate an AMOC failure: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/05/s...
Our new study led by Fabian Gomez shows that local winds shape the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) primary productivity and acidity: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/02/04/l...
A new study shows that the densest abyssal water flowing into the subpolar Atlantic actually originates in the eastern Arctic Eurasian basin, and it is absent in climate models: 🌊 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/29/s...
CTD/LADCP package for WBTS 27°N cruise is ready for deployment on the fantail of the R/V F. G. Walton Smith. From NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida.
A new preprint article based on the 20-year record of SCOTIA observing array indicates that the subpolar AMOC is holding steady: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/19/a...
The AMOC is getting shallower—a process called "shoaling". Our new paper in Geophysical Research Letters explores why the depth of the overturning matters just as much as its strength for North Atlantic heat transport: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/14/a...
Labrador Sea, Irminger Sea, Iceland Basin, & Nordic Seas, the four primary engines of the AMOC: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/13/f...
The Nordic Seas release significantly more heat into the atmosphere than the subpolar and Labrador regions combined, and contribute 8.8 Sv of dense water to the AMOC's lower limb (roughly a half of the total): 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/13/n...
A high-resolution ocean modeling study demonstrates that Labrador Sea buoyancy forcing remains a primary driver of AMOC's multidecadal variability: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/12/t...
A study shows that the North Atlantic subtropical gyre holds the key to how the ITCZ responds to AMOC slowdown: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/12/o...
After speaking with a senior sea-going oceanographer, I realized I needed to tweak the intro. It turns out earlier hydrographic studies, like Pickart and Spall (2007), show the Labrador Sea plays a smaller direct role in the AMOC than is often assumed.
Convection ≠ Overturning: Why Labrador Sea convection doesn’t drive the AMOC: A simple explanation 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/10/w...
The North Atlantic is aging fast and losing its breath, new study finds: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/10/n...
