Pacific Circulation Link to El Nino Suggested
The wind-driven circulation of Pacific Ocean waters has slowed since the 1970s, resulting in less upwelling of cool water near the equator and perhaps in an increase in El Nino events, according to scientists at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. They reported in the Feb. 7 issue of Nature that the volume of water transported from the subtropics to the area near the equator declined 25% from the ‘70s to the ‘90s.
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