Weak sea-surface temperature gradients may fuel stronger tropical cyclones

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Sep 2, 2026, 1:10 pm301 ptsTop
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 gradient…

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