Hacker News with Generative AI: Climate Science

A recent surge in global warming is not detectable yet (nature.com)
The global mean surface temperature is widely studied to monitor climate change. A current debate centers around whether there has been a recent (post-1970s) surge/acceleration in the warming rate.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Science, Climate Science

14 points by vixen99 35 days ago | 4 comments

Since spring of 2023, the world has been warmer than climate models anticipated (e360.yale.edu)
About 18 months ago, climate scientists began to notice something strange. In March of 2023, global sea surface temperatures started to rise. In a warming world, the seas would be expected to grow hotter, but the rise, which came at a time when the Pacific Ocean was in the neutral phase of the weather pattern known as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, was unusually steep. In April, 2023, sea surface temperatures set a new record.

Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Ocean Temperatures

68 points by orcul 39 days ago | 113 comments

Cloud atlas of Mars reveals an atmosphere unlike our own (newscientist.com)
Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet

Space Exploration, Mars, Climate Science

34 points by Brajeshwar 71 days ago | 15 comments

Climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating (theguardian.com)

Climate Change, Science, Climate Science

11 points by BerislavLopac 97 days ago | 8 comments

The Antarctic Ice Core Chronology 2023 (copernicus.org)

Antarctica, Climate Science, Ice Cores, Research, Science

6 points by psychoslave 140 days ago | 0 comments

El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with physics-based model (phys.org)

El Niño, Weather Forecasting, Climate Science, Physics

46 points by wglb 149 days ago | 16 comments

Extreme Climate Impacts from Collapse of AMOC Could Be Worse Than Expected (insideclimatenews.org)