Washington Post: Super Typhoon Haiyan moves toward the Philippines on Nov. 7, 2013 in the Pacific Ocean. (NOAA via Getty Images) When it comes to fundamental drivers of climate and weather across the Earth, it is hard to think of a region more important than the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool, an enormous area stretching across the Pacific and Indian oceans on both sides of the equator. This is, basically, the biggest body of warm water there is. Indeed, the warm pool, which is fueled by the intense sunlight striking the...