The El Nino weather phenomenon that began this year could be among the strongest in 65 years, US government scientists said Thursday.
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Aug 13, 2015
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A new study, by scientists from the University of Southampton and National Oceanography Centre (NOC), implies that the global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a number of decades.
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May 28, 2015
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Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research.
Environment
May 25, 2015
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For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday.
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Jan 16, 2015
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El Niño, the abnormal warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, is a well-studied tropical climate phenomenon that occurs every few years. It has major impacts on society and Earth's climate - inducing intense ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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"This summer has seen the highest global mean sea surface temperatures ever recorded since their systematic measuring started. Temperatures even exceed those of the record-breaking 1998 El Niño year," says Axel Timmermann, ...
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Nov 14, 2014
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The ocean is warming steadily and setting up the conditions for stronger El Niño weather events, a new study has shown.
Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2014
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It's an oceanic case of sibling rivalry. Large, first-born cyclones drink in most of the ocean's warmth, leaving cold water leftovers for sibling storms that cross its path. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and collaborators ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2014
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A new study released Monday found that warming temperatures in Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of North America over the past century closely followed natural changes in the wind, not increases in greenhouse gases related ...
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Sep 22, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A research team working in Peru, with members from France, Peru and the U.S. has found a way to track the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) going back as far as ten thousand years. In their paper published ...
