Currently en Puerto Rico — 19 de septiembre, 2023: Ambiente mayormente seco

Un sistema de alta presión que se fortalece en altura hará que la atmósfera se torne más estable sobre Puerto Rico, lo que limitará la actividad de lluvia el martes y miércoles. Sin embargo, la abundancia de humedad no permitirá que las lluvias estén del todo ausentes. Por la tarde se producirán aguaceros dispersos sobre el interior de la isla que se desplazarán hacia el noroeste al anochecer. El calor no será demasiado intenso el martes: las máximas estarán entre los rangos alto de los 80 grados y bajo de los 90 en elevaciones más bajas, pero serán más altas en las áreas urbanas y costeras donde se experimentarán índices de calor entre 105 y 110 grados. Disfrute de los días más secos esta semana, ya que se espera mucha lluvia hacia el fin de semana y la semana siguiente.

—John Toohey-Morales

What you need to know, currently.

Antarctic sea ice continues to grow at a pace far below any previous year on record. As we approach springtime in the Southern Hemisphere and with a Pacific El Niño strengthening, there are worries that melt season may have already begun weeks early.

The BBC interviewed Antarctic research scientists, and their words are worth reflecting on.

"It's so far outside anything we've seen, it's almost mind-blowing," Walter Meier, who monitors sea-ice with the National Snow and Ice Data Center, told the BBC.

Since it is already floating, melting sea ice does not on its own raise sea levels. But sea ice forms a buffer encircling Antarctica from warming waters, and the loss of that sea ice would accelerate the loss of land ice in the Antarctic ice sheets, which would raise sea levels — perhaps dangerously so.

This is one further sign that we are in the emergency phase of the climate crisis, and that world leaders need to do uncomfortable things to restore a climate balance and pave the way for a just future for everyone.

— Eric Holthaus

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