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Atlantic and Pacific Oscillations Lost in the Noise

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) do not appear to exist, according to a team of meteorologists who believe this has implications for both the validity of previous studies attributing past trends to these hypothetical natural phenomena and for the prospects of decade-scale climate predictability. Using observational data and climate ...

Troy Oakes

Lightning strikes.

Hard Evidence Shows El Niño Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age

El Niños have become more intense in the industrial age, which stands to worsen storms, drought, and coral bleaching in El Niño years. A new study has found compelling evidence in the Pacific Ocean that the stronger El Niños are part of a climate pattern that is new and strange. It is the first known ...

Troy Oakes

El Niño weather events part of a new off-weather pattern.