Global warming and El-Nino
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- The invisible hand. Mazza, Patrick // Sierra;May/Jun98, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p68
Reports on the role of global warming in creating the weather pattern known as `El Nino'. Emergence of discernible human influence on global climate; Generation of five El Ninos over the past two decades; Increase of the world's ocean temperatures by one degree due to global warming; Disruption...
- Freeze on warming. // New Scientist;7/9/2011, Vol. 211 Issue 2820, p4
The article reports that a combination of greater pollution from China and another nations and cyclical behavior in the El Ni�o current have temporarily arrested global warming over a ten-year period.
- New climate spat. Pearce, Fred // New Scientist;7/3/2010, Vol. 206 Issue 2767, p01
The article discusses research published by scientist John McLean in July 2009 that attributed most global warming in the last 30 years to the El Ni�o cycle and commentary to the contrary by climate scientists whose email messages were reportedly stolen from the University of East Anglia in 2009.
- El Nino: Fingerprint of climate change? Acharya, Anjali // World Watch;Jul/Aug95, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p6
Focuses on the increase in the frequency of El Nino, a climatic phenomenon which involves the warming of Pacific waters. Concern of climatologists over the perspective impact of frequent El Nino events and other similar disruptive weather phenomena which may lead to global warming.
- Questions & answers. // Geographical (Campion Interactive Publishing);Apr98, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p71
Responds to several questions about geography. Impact of global warming on El Nino events; Information on Papua New Guinea.
- Global change: The past and future of El Nino. Tudhope, Sandy; Collins, Mat // Nature;7/17/2003, Vol. 424 Issue 6946, p261
Focuses on the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate cycle. Reason why the effects of El Nino is felt worldwide; Comparison of twentieth century ENSO with pre-twentieth ENSO; Sensitivity of ENSO to changes in the length and timing of seasons; Response of ENSO to global warming.
- Volcano clouds the picture on global warming. Joyce, Christopher // New Scientist;8/24/91, Vol. 131 Issue 1783, p11
Reports that clouds of ash and gas spewing from the Philippine volcano, Mount Pinatubo, are cooling the Earth's atmosphere while an El Ni�o in the eastern Pacific is warming it. Impact of the condition on those studying the global warming; Environmental effect of the eruption of Mount...
- El Nino disasters may typify impact of global warming, NWF says. // International Wildlife;Jan/Feb99, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p6
Cites a study conducted by the National Wildlife Federation stating that the El Nino phenomenon typify the impact of global warming. Devastating effects of the El Nino phenomenon on sea lions, brown pelicans and olive ridley sea turtles; Role of global warming in the increasing number of...
- Water Vapor, Surface Temperature, and the Greenhouse Effect-- A Statistical Analysis of Tropical-Mean Data. Hu Yang; Ka Kit Tung // Journal of Climate;10/1/98, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p2686
Water vapor feedback is one of the important factors that determine the response of the atmosphere to surface warming. To take into account the compensating drying effects in downdraft regions, averaging over the whole Tropics is necessary. However, this operation drastically reduces the...
