Tropical Land Warming Amplification | Climate

Last Update: 09/22/2026 at 11:33 PM EST

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Recent paleoclimate research from Colombia's Bogota Basin suggests tropical land, especially high-elevation Andean regions, warms much more than nearby oceans under high CO2 conditions, with implications for future regional heat and drought risk.

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The story is now more tightly anchored to a specific published PNAS study from the Bogota Basin, with a clearer quantitative estimate of how much tropical highland land warming exceeds nearby ocean warming. The framing has also narrowed away from broader tropical marine/ecosystem threads toward a more focused climate-analogue result for the Colombian Andes.

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Phys.org

Tropical Land May Warm Nearly Twice As Much As Oceans, Sediment Study

2/2/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General

CU Boulder Today / Lina Pérez-Angel

Tropical Land Could Warm Far More Than Oceans

2/2/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General

Brown University

Tropical Land Warming May Outpace Ocean-Based Expectations

2/2/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General

EurekAlert!

Tropical Land Could Warm Twice As Much As Oceans

1/1/1900 • Climate Science & Impacts • General

Phys.org

Tropical Marine Life Shows Resilience Up To 1.5°C

3/1/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General