Startling Consequences of Global Warming: Oceans Are Losing Their Memory

Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory under global warming. In contrast to the rapid weather changes in the atmosphere, the slowly fluctuating ocean exhibits high persistence or “memory,” meaning the … Continue reading Startling Consequences of Global Warming: Oceans Are Losing Their Memory