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June 1 marked the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. And as Earth’s climate changes, hurricanes are changing too. 🌀 Hurricanes are not becoming more frequent during the official season, which lasts from June 1 to November 30; however, when they do form, hurricanes are more likely to become much stronger (Category 4 or 5) in a warmer world. Tropical cyclones are also becoming slower and wetter. As oceans warm, hurricanes are more likely to undergo rapid intensification – when wind speeds increase by 35+ mph in 24 hours. Sea level rise is also worsening storm surge from hurricanes, increasing coastal flood risk during storms. Image description: Satellite image of Hurricane Lee, a large storm with a spiral of puffy white clouds, taken on September 12, 2023. Below is the blue water of the Atlantic Ocean. To the left, the green land of the southeast U.S., Florida, and Cuba are visible. Batten down the hatches, hurricane season is here! High winds, coas...

  COP28 By Jonah Fisher & Mark Poynting BBC News Climate & Science The future of fossil fuels - particularly whether to agree to phasing out coal, oil and gas - is arguably the key issue of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Any agreement is likely to rely on ambitious measures to capture and remove carbon dioxide (CO2) - the main gas responsible for global warming.   Techniques range from capturing CO2 before it is released at power stations and storing it deep underground, to using trees or machines to suck CO2 directly out of the air.   Here's a quick guide to the different types of carbon capture and removal, why they are needed, and their limitations.   What is carbon capture and storage and how does it work? Carbon capture and storage facilities aim to prevent CO2 produced from industrial processes and power stations from being released into the atmosphere.   Most of the CO2 from burning fossil fuels is captured, transported, and th...

Start-ups are adding antacids to the ocean to slow global warming. Will it work? A New York experiment is part of a commercial race to develop ocean-based technologies to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.                                                                                 NEWS FEATURE  28 June 2023 A team takes a core sample of ocean bottom sediments at North Sea Beach, New York. Credit: Hilary Swift for  Nature Bonnie Chang squints at a tube of sediment collected beneath the shallow waters off North Sea Beach — about a two-hour drive from New York City. She’s looking for green mineral crystals that her team added to the sand last year. If all goes as planned, these olivine crystals will cause the ocean to absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — a cl...