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Extreme El Nios Could Hit Twice As Often
2014-01-19 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The most intense El Nio events may soon hit every 10 years, instead of every 20 years, thanks to warming water in the eastern Pacific Ocean, a new study predicts. An El Nio is the warm phase of a long-standing natural climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean. When changing wind patterns start piling up warm water in the eastern part of the equatorial Pacific, the redistribution of hotter water triggers changes in atmospheric circulation that influences rainfall and storm patterns around the world...
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