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Twin ocean climate anomalies may trigger heat and drought in 2024

New Scientist

A strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean is coinciding with a similarly strong climate pattern in the Indian Ocean, suggesting South-East Asia and Australia will soon experience heat, drought and wildfires

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Four Impacts of Ocean Warming

Ocean Conservancy

I’m no clownfish, but I think Marlin may have told this joke if Finding Nemo came out in 2024. Well, if you have been reading the news or following our blogs, you know the ocean is getting hotter due to humans burning fossil fuels. In fact, 90% of all global warming is occurring in our ocean. Love ocean content?

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Unforced variations: Feb 2024

Real Climate

This month’s climate highlight will likely be the PACE launch at some point between Feb 6th and Feb 8th, that will hopefully provide information on aerosols and ocean color with more detail than ever before. The post Unforced variations: Feb 2024 first appeared on RealClimate. This month’s open thread for climate topics.

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20 non-fiction and popular science books to look forward to in 2024

New Scientist

Are we all ocean people? 2024’s best reads, by authors from Claudia de Rham to Helen Scales, probe our toughest questions Why is gravity still a puzzle? Do humans make pandemics?

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Europa Clipper will launch to Jupiter in 2024 to explore its icy moon

New Scientist

Jupiter's moon Europa is thought to be one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth, thanks to its subsurface ocean, and in 2024 NASA is launching a mission to take a close look

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Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients Of 2024 Student Scholarships

PA Environment Daily

The Wildlife For Everyone Foundation has selected five students as recipients of their 2024 annual student scholarships-- Samantha Bryn (Northampton County); Terra Haines (Clearfield County); Grace Miller (Centre County); Brooke Phillips (Penn State Student); and Karter Witmer (Tioga County). She would also like to study abroad.

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New study suggests the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”

Real Climate

The paper results from a major computational effort, based on running a state-of-the-art climate model (the CESM model with horizontal resolution 1° for the ocean/sea ice and 2° for the atmosphere/land component) for 4,400 model years. Figure adapted from Caesar et al., Nature 2018.

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