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Hurricanes and heat fluxes: Doctoral graduate explores mechanisms driving tropical storms

Combining his background in meteorology with physical oceanography, Sorinas worked with data from buoys and moorings stationed in the Gulf to help improve our understanding of how hurricanes gain strength.

July 29, 2025Blogs and Perspectives, Hurricanes

Study finds ‘pressure point’ in the Gulf could drive hurricane strength

Researchers identify how the absence of a strong current at a critical location in the Gulf led to unusually high subsurface sea temperatures and influenced the rapid intensification of Hurricane Ian.

July 23, 2025Hurricanes, News

How rivers fuel hurricanes — and how that knowledge can improve forecasts

A recent analysis of Hurricane Idalia led by researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science demonstrates how an extensive river plume in the Gulf may have influenced the tropical storm’s rapid intensification.