Tiny foraminifera shells may also help us perceive the way forward for El Niño
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A reconstruction of Pacific Ocean temperatures 21,000 years in the past, based mostly on the chemistry of tiny shells, provides hefty assist to projections that local weather change will make sturdy El Niño occasions much more frequent, resulting in extra excessive climate around the globe.
“We’re projecting a fairly dramatic change,” says Kaustubh Thirumalai on the College of Arizona.
The irregular cycle between warmer- and cooler-than-average temperatures within the equatorial Pacific Ocean –…
