Extreme El Niño weather saw South America’s forest carbon sink switch off
Extreme El Niño weather saw South America’s forest carbon sink switch off Credit: rainfor.org Extreme El Niño weather saw South ...
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El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth’s surface area, more than all the land combined. Unsurprisingly, ...
Century-old coral reveals Pacific western boundary current strengthened as climate warmed, impacting El Niño
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (8/7/2023) - The Pacific Ocean’s western boundary current, which forms a critical regulator of sea surface temperature ...
Amplification of extreme El Niño events predicted despite CO2 reductions: A call to refine climate policy
El Niño is a term derived from Spanish to describe a natural phenomenon marked by higher-than-average sea surface temperatures in ...
Researchers reveal how a key weather system in Northeast China is modulated by El Niño
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring climate pattern involving changes in the temperature of waters in the central and ...
In years after El Niño, global economy loses trillions
In the years it strikes, the band of warm ocean water spanning from South America to Asia known as El ...
The faster El Niño decays, the fewer typhoons occur the following summer
The faster El Niño decays, the fewer typhoons occur the following summer Credit: World Meteorological Organization The faster El Niño decays, the fewer typhoons occur ...
Assessing El Niño ‘flavors’ to unravel past variability, future impact
As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to past climate to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms. By ...
El Nino frequency drives tipping point in coastal ecological communities
When strong El Niño events become more frequent – occurring 5 or more times per century – eastern Pacific coastal ...
Ecological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century controls coastal biotic communities
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon most famous for the El Niño phase characterized by warm ...
Scientists have calculated what can unbalance El Niño
Physicists and mathematicians of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) have calculated how external factors affect the behavior of El Niño ...
El Niño nuance: A distinct difference between 1997/98 and 2015/16 extreme seasons
In the climate science community, the 2015/16 El Niño is considered the first extreme El Niño of the 21st century. ...
Strong El Niño events could increase near-surface ozone in China
With the implementation of a series of air pollution reduction policies, aerosol pollution in China has been effectively controlled. However, ...
Increasing frequency of El Niño events expected by 2040
Global weather fluctuations called El Niño events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows. El ...
How El Niño and drought affected the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
El Niño, an oceanic phenomenon that affects worldwide weather patterns, significantly affected the number of enslaved Africans transported from West ...
Scientists construct new sea surface salinity indexes to distinguish two types of El Niño independently
As the strongest interannual variability in the tropics, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can affect the global climate. To date, two ...
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Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
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‘Shocking’ discovery: Electricity from electric eels may transfer genetic material to nearby animals
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
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Elham Azizi vs. cancer: Fighting the disease with data, AI, and math
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New study identifies the greatest threat to wildlife across North America and Canada: people
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Pregnant women are missing vital nutrients needed for them and their babies – and situation could worsen with plant-based foods