Eli5: Why do hurricanes get stronger in warm water? And are the sea based or sky based? (Cloud)
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So, one of my very first lessons in thermodynamics when taking Physical Chemistry (a class all about thermodynamics) was being taught something called the Carnot engine. A Carnot engine is a mechanism through which heat gradients can do work/generate forces. Now, I don’t understand it well enough to to teach it to you, but the example of a Carnot engine my professor told us about are hurricanes. The warm water feeds energy into the colder, low pressure air above it. So, it’s both a sea based and sky based phenomenon
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