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Tag: El Nino-Southern Oscillation

How Extreme Wildfires Made the COVID Pandemic Deadlier
Human Health

How Extreme Wildfires Made the COVID Pandemic Deadlier

Wildfires in California have been causing COVID-19 cases and deaths to skyrocket, and El Niño may be playing a role.
June 12, 2021June 11, 2021 Ashley Marranzino
El Niño forces Mexican farmers to roll the dice on crop production
Physical oceanography

El Niño forces Mexican farmers to roll the dice on crop production

Unusual cycles in the climate bring devastation to agriculture in central Mexico, but scientists have found a way to aid…
May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 Katherine Barrett
Corals can’t take the heat
Coral

Corals can’t take the heat

Coral reefs are incredibly important to humans and other species, but they are also vulnerable to the effects of climate…
May 29, 2021June 4, 2021 Katherine Barrett
A Small Pool Makes a Big Splash
Climate Change

A Small Pool Makes a Big Splash

Researchers find evidence that a small region in warm waters in the western Pacific could have played a big role…
January 15, 2021January 16, 2021 Shawn Wang
The Indian Ocean Dipole: How Climate Change affects South East Asia and Beyond
Book Review Climate Change

The Indian Ocean Dipole: How Climate Change affects South East Asia and Beyond

Extreme weather patterns in South East Asia and West Africa devastate local communities. Scientists study historical climate of the region…
October 21, 2020 Shawn Wang
Volcanoes and Climate: A Not-So-Explosive Relationship
Volcanoes

Volcanoes and Climate: A Not-So-Explosive Relationship

Reviewing: Dee, Sylvia G., et al. “No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium.” Science 367.6485 (2020):…
July 22, 2020August 17, 2020 Shawn Wang
The Blob: A movie monster of the sea
Climate Change

The Blob: A movie monster of the sea

The Blob, the Pacific marine heatwave from 2016, sounds more like a movie monster than a natural phenomenon. Still the…
May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
Tracking the transience of lake ice in a changing climate
Climate Change Human impacts

Tracking the transience of lake ice in a changing climate

Changes in seasonal lake ice are threatening the lives of those who depend on it. Find out how scientists are…
September 2, 2019September 3, 2019 Nyla Husain
What happens to CO2 levels during El Niño?
Biogeochemistry

What happens to CO2 levels during El Niño?

Thanks to NASA’s new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite, we now know when and where CO2 levels change during El Niño,…
November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 Julia Dohner
Cyclones Physical oceanography

A Tropical Cyclone Time Machine in an Australian Cave

Scientists look far and wide to find records of our planets history. This group used layers of mud trapped inside…
October 19, 2015October 19, 2015 Austen Blair
Book Review Climate Change

Extreme La Niña driven by big El Niño under future warming

The succession of ENSO events is projected to become more frequent and intense in a warming climate.
February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Hillary Scannell

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