Global warming may dent El Nino's protective shield from Atlantic hurricanes, increase droughts
Posted by JAC on 9/24/2009, 8:26 am
El Niño, the periodic eastern Pacific phenomenon credited with shielding the United States and Caribbean from severe hurricane seasons, may be overshadowed by its brother in the central Pacific due to global warming, according to an article in the journal Nature. Credit: Ben Kirtman/UM

"There are two El Niños, or flavors of El Niño," said Ben Kirtman, co-author of the study and professor of meteorology and physical oceanography at the University of Miami's Rosentstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. "In addition to the eastern Pacific El Niño which we know and love, a second El Niño in the central Pacific is on the increase."



http://www.physorg.com/news172930305.html

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