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1 day ago · Roughly 80 percent of Maldivian territory is less than a meter (three feet) above sea level (archived here ). Per data gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the relative sea level trend in the Maldives has been increasing by 3.39 millimeters on average every year between 1987 and 2018 (archived here ). Image.
4 hours ago · June 28, 2024, 6:07 p.m. ET. A storm system roughly 1,200 miles southeast of Barbados is forecast to become the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said. The ...
3 hours ago · Accumulated cyclone energy ( ACE) is a metric used to compare overall activity of tropical cyclones, utilizing the available records of windspeeds at six-hour intervals to synthesize storm duration and strength into a single index value. [1] The ACE index may refer to a single storm or to groups of storms such as those within a particular month ...
3 hours ago · The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation ( AMOC) is the main ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean. [1] : 2238 It is a component of Earth's ocean circulation system and plays an important role in the climate system. The AMOC includes Atlantic currents at the surface and at great depths that are driven by changes in weather ...
5 hours ago · This band is centered in a strong water vapor absorption spectral region. It does not routinely sense the lower troposphere, where there is substantial water vapor, and thus provides excellent daytime sensitivity to high, very thin cirrus under most circumstances. Band 4 is a visible channel and is therefore black during nighttime hours.
18 minutes ago · Tropical Storm Beryl has formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Windward Islands and is expected to strengthen into Hurricane Beryl over the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said.
3 hours ago · Green tracks did not make landfall in US; yellow tracks made landfall but were not major hurricanes at the time; red tracks made landfall and were major hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 through November 30, when tropical or subtropical cyclones are most likely to form in the North Atlantic Ocean ...
