Leon Simons
@LeonSimons8
For decades this area has been kept relatively cool by sulfur emissions from ships.

But this changed in 2020.

Leon Simons@LeonSimons8
Mar 9

On January 1st 2020 new shipping regulation came into effect (#IMO2020), decreasing the maximum amount of sulfur in shipping fuels from 3.5% to 0.5%.

From 2020 we see a rapid increase in the amount of solar radiation that's being absorbed by the region highlighted above.

Leon Simons@LeonSimons8
Mar 9

If this trend continues that could mean that the Northern Hemisphere mid latitudes (where many of us live) will warm much more rapidly.

It could also impact global and regional weather systems, like the monsoons.

More extreme weather is likely.