Modeling experiments show weather-changing El Niño oscillation is at least 250 million years old
The El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, isn't just a modern phenomenon.
El Niño and La Niña May Have Affected Weather For At Least 250 Million Years
New modeling research has shown that the natural global climate phenomena known as El Niño and its cold counterpart, La Niña, have been occurring for the last 250 million years. Although these complex weather patterns are the drivers of extreme weather changes today,
250 million-year-old El Niño was more intense than modern events, finds study
Two main factors seem to determine El Niño intensity: thermal structure of the ocean and atmospheric noise—the variability of surface winds.
What is the difference between El Niño and La Niña climate phenomena?
The differences between the two common weather systems create the conditions that cause the disastrous hurricanes that have been seen in 2024.
Weather-Changing El Niño Oscillation Is at Least 250 Million Years Old
A new modeling study from a pair of Duke University researchers and their colleagues shows that the oscillation between El Niño and its cold counterpart, La Niña, was present at least 250 million years in the past, and was often of greater magnitude than the oscillations we see today.
Weather-changing El Nino oscillation is at least 250 million years old
A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present at least 250 million years in the past,
Ancient El Niño? Mysterious climate cycle blamed for millennia of chaotic weather.
El Niño is a natural climate pattern where surface sea water temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean ...
Duke Scientists Uncover Stronger, Ancient Versions of El Niño and La Niña
Modeling experiments reveal that warm and cold patches in the Pacific persisted, regardless of the shifting positions of ...
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Ancient El Niños were twice as strong! 250M years of Earth’s climate swings mapped
Long before humans walked the Earth, when dinosaurs roamed supercontinent Pangea and greenhouse gas levels soared far beyond ...
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Scientists see echoes of ancient warming world in El Niño
Duke University researchers and collaborating scientists took a peek into the last 250 million years to understand the causes ...
Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says
The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have ...
What's the difference between an El Nino and a La Nina winter?
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La Niña Looms Large in Official Winter 2024-2025 Outlook
Returning climate pattern looks to bring warmer and drier conditions to the south and wetter conditions in the north, ...