Weak sea-surface temperature gradients may fuel stronger tropical cyclones

September 2, 2026 · 5:10 pm 1 sources

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• Weak sea-surface temperature gradients may fuel stronger tropical cyclones
  Phys.org · September 2, 2026 17:10
  The fact that the ocean gets colder as you go deeper is fairly intuitive, but a similar gradient exists along the surface of the ocean, even at scales of 1 kilometer to tens of kilometers. A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that this horizontal…