A Climate 'Tug-of-War' Has Paused the Atlantic Current's Slowdown 🌊🧪: ocean2climate.org/2025/12/03/t...

TWISO is a tropics-wide 45-day pulse and does not requires MJO 🌊🧪: ocean2climate.org/2025/12/01/t...

Optimal early warning signals for an AMOC collapse can be obtained from salinity data across SAMBA array (at 34S), as this region is strongly connected to the freshwater transport that controls the strength of the salt-advection feedback. 🌊🧪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Google Scholar now offers a new feature, Scholar Labs, that uses AI to help you search for papers by asking complex research questions. The search will provide you with a list of papers and, for each one, a brief explanation of how it addresses your query. 🌊🧪 scholar.google.com/scholar_labs...

Oceanic mesoscale activity has shifted shoreward over the last three decades, with an important implication for coastal nutrients upwelling and primary productivity: 🌊🧪

A slowdown of the AMOC leads to a demise in Atlantic Niño variability, a new study suggests 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2025/11/14/t...

The Atlantic's warming hole is not a sign of the AMOC weakening, a new study suggests 🌊🧪: ocean2climate.org/2025/11/12/t...

An AI avatar to present your online seminar? 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2025/11/09/y...

Have you tried NotebookLM for a paper summary? 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2025/11/07/h...

Running a Global Ocean Model on a $300 Chromebook - A MOM6 Case Study: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2025/10/31/s...

A new study discussed skill and challenges in seasonal forecasting of hurricane activity for five North Atlantic sub-basins 🌊🧪: ocean2climate.org/2025/10/09/s...

36 Hours in Busan, South Korea www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) timeseries at 26.5N was just updated (rapid.ac.uk). It appears that the AMOC has slightly rebounded in 2023 (16.00 Sv) from its minimum in 2022 (15.22 Sv). It is the 7th lowest annual mean AMOC value since 2005. 🌊🧪

By using CMIP6 projection, and a coastal hydrodynamic model, a new study found ~ 30cm increase in the coastal sea level along the US Gulf and East Coasts by 2050, which can be translated into an increase in sunny day flooding by 10 days per year. 🌊🧪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

A new study carried out dynamic downscaling simulations of CMIP6 models to show that (1) Atlantic TC activity overall decreases in the future, (2) the decrease is mainly in the peak and late seasons (Sep-Nov), (3) early season (May-June) activity increases, & others: 🌊🧪 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

A high-resolution climate model under a high-emission scenario projects that the formation of Dense Antarctic Shelf Water stops around 2040, shutting down the lower MOC cell, largely due to reduced formation of sea-ice & associated decrease in brine rejection: 🌊🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A new ERL paper shows that winter Atlantic Nina helps El Nino persist beyond winter to early summer, while winter Atlantic Nino promotes El Nino's transition to La Nina: 🌊🧪👍 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

This study-in-review proposed that coastal sea level variability along the South Atlantic Bight & the US Gulf coast is linked to Gulf Stream variability downstream of Cape Hatteras with 2-3 months delay, hinting a potential week-to-month predictability 🌊🧪👍 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Introducing The Data Diaries. Each episode of this new series will highlight different instruments, the type of data they collect, and the different people involved in each step. Stay tuned for the first episode, where we will explore the depths of the ocean with a glider. 🌊 youtu.be/ufbyd3MoyCY?...

A study used CMIP6 models to report that the surface buoyancy flux into North Atlantic (Bflx) may switch sign from (-) to (+) by 2026 with a 25% & by 2095 with a 57% under a high emission scenario. Bflx > 0 was used as a sign of the AMOC collapse. 🌊🧪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Atlantic Nina has almost completely dissipated. At the same time, the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Warm Pools are becoming stronger. These may provide favorable conditions for hurricane development and intensification. A cold wake from the hurricane Erin is also clearly visible. 🌊🧪

This is a nice review paper on inter-basin and inter-mode climate variability. It also discusses how the AMOC can be forced and force tropical variability, such as ENSO, and more: 🌊🧪👍 spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

This Nature article argues that the recent declines in Antarctic sea-ice, ice-sheet, abyssal meridional overturning circulation (MOC), and marine species habitats point to a potential abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment: 🌊🧪🥼❄️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Wintertime atmospheric teleconnections in Eurasia driven by North Atlantic SST tripole: 🌊🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Postdoctoral opportunity in regional ocean modeling (Miami, FL): 🌊🧪 explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job... For further information, please contact Dr. Fabian Gomez at [email protected].

Postdoctoral opportunity in subseasonal Atlantic hurricane forecasting (Miami, FL): 🌊🧪 explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job... For further information, please contact Andrew Mercer at [email protected], Dongmin Kim at [email protected], or Hosmay Lopez at [email protected].

A new study showed that the La Nina-like warming trend in the Pacific led to a weakening of MJO propagation into the central and eastern Pacific. I wish the study included the Atlantic domain given that MJO is important for hurricane development.😥🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

The 2023 Pacific El Niño development alone had very little impact on the 2023 western North American heat wave. However, when it was combined with the record warm Atlantic, it significantly boosted the heat wave event: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2025/08/17/s...

Impacts of Atlantic Niño/Niña on typhoon landfalling risks in East and Southeast Asian countries 🌊🧪 www.aoml.noaa.gov/atlantic-nin...

Some thoughts on Killworth (1985, JPO) and the role of the AMOC in controlling the Gulf Stream separation latitude: 🌊 ocean2climate.org/2025/08/09/m...

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During 2002-22, the Antarctic lower stratosphere cooled, a sign of decreasing ozone. A new study showed that this cooling was driven by a slowdown of the atmospheric motion that transports ozone poleward. Removing this effect showed a continued healing of the ozone layer. 🌊🧪👍 doi.org/10.1029/2025...

During 1982-present, the global tropical cyclone hotpot has shifted from the Northwestern Pacific to the North Atlantic due to the developments of La Nina-like SST trend in the Pacific, and positive AMO-like SST trend in the Atlantic: 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

SH subtropical gyres, aka "the super gyre", has strengthened since the 1950s. It was mainly due to increasing greenhouse gasses while the ozone depletion played a secondary role. The Brazil, East Australian, & Agulhas Currents are key components of the super gyre. 🌊 doi.org/10.1007/s003...

US geo & environmental scientists are the most productive in post-tenure publications! 🌊🧪👏 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The 2023-24 El Nino, despite being ranked the 4th strongest since 1979, exhibited an unusually weak teleconnection pattern. A new study showed that warm tropical Indian & Atlantic suppressed tropical Pacific rainfall response to El Nino, and thus was mainly responsible: 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

The extreme warmth of the North Atlantic in 2023 is largely due to a reduction in low-level cloud cover. This implies decreased atmospheric subsidence followed by a potential low-level cloud & SST positive feedback. 🌊🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

According to Klotzbach, weaker-than-average trade winds have led to a recent warming in the tropical Atlantic, strong wind shear over the “hurricane graveyard” is breaking down; these could lead to busier times in the Atlantic in the beginning of August: 🌊🧪 yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/a-we...

Santa Ana winds (SAWs) is a notorious culprit of the most destructive wildfires over Southern California. A new study shows that SAWs may bring more drier air in the future, potentially exacerbating wildfire risks over Southern California. 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1029/2025...

A new study showed that not resolving Ekman spiral within the upper ocean (~5m) in an eddy-resolving ocean model promotes a spurious Ekman transport of warm offshore waters to the Antarctic coast, limiting dense water formation in the continental shelf. Nice work, Wilton. 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Warm & salty North Atlantic water transport to the Nordic Sea (NS) across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge (GSR) didn't show a slowdown since 1972. Instead, it exhibited multidecadal variability. The NS overflow & AMOC across the GSR also display a similar signal. 🌊🧪👍 doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02557-x

A new study suggests that tropical South Pacific SSH anomalies help increase long-lead time ENSO predictability. The proposed mechanism stems from the delayed-oscillator of Schopf and Suarez, and is also similar to the Atlantic Nino genesis from a Rossby wave reflection. 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Tropical update: Atlantic Nina is still going strong, while Nino3.4 is now subject to instability wave-induced cold anomalies. This is not a typical La Nina-like case since there is no significant increase in upwelling of equatorial Pacific thermocline water in this case. 🌊🧪🤔

A study shows a (+) trend of sea level in the subtropical Atlantic (NA) & a (-) trend in the subpolar NA during 2004-22, due to thermosteric effect while halosteric effect compensates, indicating warming & saltening of the subtropics and the opposite in the subpolar NA. 🌊🧪👍: doi.org/10.5194/os-2...

A new study on food price spikes due to extreme climate events. I am well aware of the cabbage price spike in Korea due to 2024 heatwave from Korean news media. Cabbage price in September is critical for Koreans since we make Kimchi around that time 🌊🧪: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

🌊🧪😍 This OSM session chaired by a colleague of mine (Franz Philip Tuchen) has a creative title: "Instabilities, waves, and mixing where f=0".

Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) during its (-) phase is linked to dry winter in the Southwest U.S. A new study argues that warm mid-latitude North Pacific associated with (-) PDO will get stronger in the next few decades, worsening drought in the Southwest U.S. 🌊🧪: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌊🧪🥵: www.aoml.noaa.gov/record-warm-...

The record warmth of the North Atlantic caused the historical 2023 heatwave event in the western North America: 🌊🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...