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Australian bushfires likely contributed to multiyear La Niña
The catastrophic Australian bushfires in 2019-2020 contributed to ocean cooling thousands of miles away, ultimately nudging the Tropical Pacific into a rare multi-year La Niña event that dissipated only recently.
- Climate
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Predictive power of climate models may be masked by volcanoes
Simulated volcanic eruptions may be blowing up our ability to predict near-term climate, according to a new study published in Science Advances.
- Climate
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Scientists identify heat wave at bottom of ocean
A new study has generated the first broad assessment of bottom marine heat waves in the productive continental shelf waters surrounding North America.
- Climate
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Sea level rise poses particular risk for Asian megacities
Sea level rise this century may pose especially major risks to such Asian megacities as Chennai, Kolkata, Yangon, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila.
- Climate
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Climate change, natural variability combine to create extreme events
An analysis of high sea levels off Indonesia demonstrates the extent to which the compounding impacts of warming temperatures and natural variability can create extreme events.
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