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El Niño or La Nada?
Why seasonal forecasting can’t tell us with certainty what to expect this summer—and why we might soon have a stronger sense of what late 2014 and early 2015 are likely to bring to large parts of the globe.
- Climate,
- Weather
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Stronger trade winds stall climate change
Increased Pacific winds are sending excess heat into the deep ocean and likely playing a role in the current hiatus in global warming.
- Climate
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It was so cold! (How cold was it?)
How does the U.S. winter of 2013–14 rank against its predecessors? And was it a harbinger of more cold winters to come for parts of the country, or simply an outlier at a time of largely warming winters?
- Climate,
- Weather
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Regional nuclear war would have global reach
A nuclear exchange, even if limited to one region, would have severe atmospheric impacts.
- Air Quality
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Stratospheric sulfates have human cause
Scientists link coal, oil, and biomass to a layer of sulfates high above Asia.
- Air Quality