Scientific models have predicted that climate change will drive oceans in the Northern Hemisphere to warm faster than oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
However, observational data over the last 70 years show the opposite — that Southern Hemisphere oceans are warming faster. New research from Northeastern University explains why.
“The climate models are too sensitive to greenhouse gases,” said Chengfei He, assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern.
As a result, He said, a crucial feedback loop involving wind speed, ocean water temperature and evaporation is overemphasized, having implications on tropical weather.
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