Monday, July 01, 2013

El Nino Unusually Active in Late 20th Century: Because of Global Warming?

Reliable prediction of El Nino response to global warming is difficult, as El Nino varies naturally over decades and centuries. Instrumental records are too short to determine whether recent changes are natural or attributable to increased greenhouse gases. An international team of scientists now show that recent El Nino activity is the highest for the past 700 years, possibly a response to global warming.

El Nino Unusually Active in the Late 20th Century: Is It Because of Global Warming?


Ancient trees, such as Polylepis tarapacana growing in rocky soils in the South American Altiplano, are sensitive to climate anomalies associated with large-scale climate patterns stemming from the El Niño-Southern Oscillation.  Credit: Duncan Christie

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