WASHINGTON POST • October 26, 2023
Off-the-charts warmth in the world’s oceans, so widespread and so far beyond anything ever observed, has stunned climate scientists and meteorologists for months. It set the stage for deadly floods and put Earth on track for a record-warm year. Research published last year found that “extreme rapid intensification” of tropical cyclones is occurring more frequently. And in a study published last week, researchers said they found intensification has become more likely and is occurring more rapidly in the Atlantic basin.