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What's the 'Loop Current' and how does it impact hurricanes? LSU professor answers our questions

With the hurricane season now upon us, experts are saying 2022 could see another above-average year of activity. NOAA is predicting the possibility of three to six major hurricanes. There’s a lot of ...
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Understanding and Predicting the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current: Critical Gaps and Recommendations

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The Loop Current (LC) is the dominant physical process in Gulf of Mexico waters. As ...
The Conversation

Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is a current of warm tropical water that is looping unusually far into the ...
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High Octane Hurricane Fuel in the Gulf of Mexico: 2 Loop Current Eddies

Above: Ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico as depicted by the U.S. Navy HYCOM model on July 21, 2018. Colors represent the speed of the current, in centimeters per second. Dark red colors are ...