tropics

“Only the tropics are getting wetter. The rest of the world’s land areas are drying.”

At the beginning of March, southerly winds brought warmer air up from the tropics to bring above average temperatures across the UK.

But Miocene-style hydrological or water cycles favor high altitude wind events, like cyclones and hurricanes, that transport heat and moisture evaporating from the tropics to higher latitudes, or California’s intense seasonal rainstorms.

Located in the tropics, north Queensland is vulnerable to destructive cyclones, storms, and flooding.

They are concerned that the ocean currents that bring warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic could weaken - or even collapse - in response to climate change.