Each year between January and April, a blob of cold water rises from the depths of the #GulfOfPanama to the surface, playing an essential role in supporting #marine life in the region. But this year, it never arrived.

When the #tradeWinds reach the Gulf of Panama they push hot surface water away from the coast, which makes room for cold water to rise from the deep.

#upwelling #coldBlob
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/pacific-cold-water-upwelling.html
An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists

The cold water upwell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are trying to figure out why.

The New York Times

This week''s #TuneTuesday theme is #AtTheBeach. Here's a small selection of relevant songs from the mid-sixties:

The Shangri-Las: Remember (Walking In the Sand) (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlwmyNmrSYw

The Beach-Nuts: Out In The Sun (Hey-O) (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2KKDPrbqE

The Pleasures: Let's Have A Beach Party (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaT3VJpcgcs

The Trade Winds: Summertime Girl (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEwjoOw4ts

The Drifters: Under the Boardwalk (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSddD6w5SKc

#music #ShangriLas #beachnuts #Jaibi #tradewinds #drifters

The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand) 1964

YouTube
#US wind generation fell in #2023 for the first time since the 1990s
#EIA’s “#PowerPlant Operations Report” show that US wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235GWh – 2.1% less than the 434,297GWh generated in 2022.
EIA attributed the drop to slower wind speeds than normal in 2023, especially during the first half of the year, when wind generation dropped by 14% compared with 1H 2022. The #ElNiño #climate pattern, which weakens #tradewinds, definitely had a hand in that.
https://electrek.co/2024/04/30/us-wind-generation-2023/
US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Annual US power generation from wind turbines declined in 2023 for the first time since the mid-1990s – here's why.

Electrek

RT by @MalmstromEU: During the next episode of #TradeWinds hosted by @MalmstromEU at @PIIE, @rupertschlegelm and I will discuss: What will it take to ratify the EU-Mercosur trade agreement?
Please, join us!🗓️Tomorrow, November 15, 9:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM CET
Register here: https://www.piie.com/events/what-will-it-take-ratify-eu-mercosur-trade-agreement

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/belmgracia/status/1724457690376642885#m

[2023-11-14 16:02 UTC]

What will it take to ratify the EU-Mercosur trade agreement?

After almost 20 years, the negotiations for the free trade agreement between the European Union and members of the Mercosur customs union (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) finally concluded in June 2019. But the agreement has still not been ratified. It has the potential to form one of the biggest trading blocs if countries can come to agreement on difficulties concerning forest protection, public opinion, and agricultural market access. Talks are ongoing; what will it take for the partners to finally agree? Joining this episode of Trade Winds are:

PIIE
Loving the return of the #tradeWinds out here In Hawai’i.
When we beam infrared, the ocean absorbs it all, but land and plants reflect back their true colors. Here the trade winds pull weather in tatters and bunches, uncertainly drifting always East. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G18&sector=hi&band=03&length=12&dim=1
#climate #visualpoem #weathermap #Hawaii #Pacific #tradewinds
GOES-West - Sector view: Hawaii - Band 3 - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

GOES Image Viewer - NOAA/NESDIS/STAR website
In 1735 George Hadley published his theory of the causes of the trade winds, involving heat at the equator and the rotation of the earth. #Poetry #Science #History #Atmosphere #Tradewinds #Hadley (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1735t.html)
1735: Trade winds - The book of science

In 1735 George Hadley published his theory of the causes of the trade winds, involving heat at the equator and the rotation of the earth.