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Chinese Swamp Core Reveals 47,000 Years of Monsoon History

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 April 202027 January 2023

Magnetic analysis of mineral composition supports the importance of tropical climate processes in shaping long-term monsoon patterns.

A colony of 60,000 pairs of king penguins stands on the exposed gray bedrock of South Georgia.
Posted inNews

How Climate Science Is Expanding the Scale of Ecological Research

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 31 March 202025 April 2022

Tools developed for climate science can help researchers forecast ecological dipoles: the contrasting effects of climate on populations separated by thousands of kilometers.

The Sun sets over the banks of the Chobe River.
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Análisis Climáticos Para Una Mejor Predicción de Brotes de Diarrea

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 12 March 20209 May 2023

Investigadores han encontrado nuevas conexiones entre las condiciones climáticas del fenómeno “La Niña” y la enfermedad más letal para los niños a nivel mundial.

The mushroom cloud of the Frigate Bird nuclear test seen through an aircraft periscope
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Nuclear War Would Spawn a “Nuclear” El Niño

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 2 March 202025 March 2024

A jolt to the climate system provided by nuclear war could spur an El Niño like we’ve never seen before.

Charts showing ENSO cycles
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Oceanic Mixing Influences Development of ENSO Cycle

by J. Sprintall 7 February 202016 September 2022

Changes in oceanic turbulence act to regulate the sea surface temperature during the evolution of the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle.

The Sun sets over the banks of the Chobe River.
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Using Climate Studies to Better Predict Diarrhea Outbreaks

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 31 January 20209 September 2024

Researchers have found new connections between La Niña climate conditions and the leading killer of children worldwide.

A global map of ocean temperature during the 2016 El Niño event
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Artificial Intelligence May Help Predict El Niño

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 25 September 20195 July 2022

Deep learning techniques give scientists the longest–lead time forecasts yet.

Child receives an oral vaccine.
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El Niño May Be a Culprit Behind the Cholera Epidemic in Yemen

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 3 September 20199 September 2024

Increased rainfall in East Africa and subsequent wind may have brought infected bugs to Yemen, causing the worst cholera outbreak of our time.

Map showing differences in sea surface salinity between two experiments
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Salinity from Space Improves El Niño Forecasts

by Kristopher B. Karnauskas 17 July 201916 December 2021

Assimilating satellite observations of ocean surface salinity significantly improves coupled model forecasts of El Niño.

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Understanding ENSO in a Changing Climate

by M. J. McPhaden, A. Santoso and W. Cai 23 May 201916 December 2021

Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR) ENSO Science Symposium; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 29–31 January 2019

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