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A Russian warship’s sinking is linked to strange weather pattern

Unusual temperature inversion might have helped Ukraine to sink the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet last year.
The Russian Navy flagship cruiser " Moskva " at sea. The Moskva sank in the Black sea after a Ukrainian missile strike.

The Russian Navy cruiser Moskva was sunk in 2022 by a Ukrainian missile even though the ship was out of radar range. Credit: Russia Ministry of Defence/American Photo Archive/Alamy

A weird weather phenomenon might have helped Ukraine to sink a Russian warship early in the Ukraine–Russia war1.

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Nature 623, 891 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03527-z

References

  1. Norin, L., Wellander, N. & Devasthale, A. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0113.1 (2023).

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