The Panama Canal, a vital link in global trade, is grappling with the impacts of climate change, as evidenced by the lowest water levels ever recorded at the start of this year's dry season. This has resulted in fewer ships being able to navigate the Canal, posing a threat to globalization. To combat the associated environmental degradation, such as deforestation and drought, coffee farmers nearby have been planting trees as part of a 15-year-old incentive program to slow the damage. The El Niño phenomenon is also showing signs of weakening, with a strengthening cold pool below the surface that is predicted to surface in the coming months, potentially ending El Niño.
Climate Change Cripples Panama Canal. Fixing it Could Take Years https://t.co/fcqtJImPqA
Coffee could be making the Panama Canal more resilient in the face of the global climate crisis. Near its shores, coffee farmers have planted scores of trees. It's part of a 15-year-old incentive program aimed at slowing environmental damage https://t.co/Gf9wLYdXVb https://t.co/6n341bOceo
The lake that allows the Panama Canal to function recorded the lowest water level ever for the start of a dry season this year, meaning fewer ships can pass through. Climate change has made rainfall patterns much less predictable. https://t.co/eZbbQEYKro
From the Editorial Board: A dry Panama Canal shows how climate change will scramble globalization https://t.co/zS9zFcIYhy
Important study: Ocean-atmosphere feedbacks will amplify marine heatwaves. (feedbacks can work either way, but in this case they amplify heat) https://t.co/QYcy19Zioy
With less atmospheric support and a seasonal cycle working against it, El Niño has weakened. This is seen even with SSTs. Meanwhile, below the surface, is a strengthening cold pool. Subsurface heat has rapidly weakened and in a few months it will reach the surface, ending El Niño https://t.co/c1rtNn8xiz
A dry Panama Canal shows how climate change will scramble globalization https://t.co/VURM9rrRur
Panama Canal taps coffee farmers to help heal area hit by deforestation, drought https://t.co/I3jq6jgfcl https://t.co/COyboyebte
❗️Marine Heatwaves may be amplified beyond the expected long-term ocean warming, in a future warmer world. I am proud to announce our latest @CommsEarth article, in which we quantify the air-sea feedbacks at play: https://t.co/lBLSPG5Uhk https://t.co/lvk7gCyZEg
“A dry Panama Canal shows how climate change will scramble globalization.” https://t.co/cqReQ2b0zF https://t.co/0iXXGWf3Aw
Even as the world warms, the eastern Pacific Ocean has been cooling for 40 years. Short- and long-term responses to the decline in anthropogenic aerosols since the 1980s may be interacting to produce decades-long cooling. In PNAS: https://t.co/eg3jK9Tx3T https://t.co/aC2xu7W5bs