NASA Ties El Nino Induced Drought To Record Air Pollution
Greenbelt - Apr 30, 2003
Scientists using NASA satellite data have found the most intense global pollution from fires occurred during droughts caused by El Nino. The most intense fires took place in 1997-1998 in association with the strongest El Nino event of the 20th century.
Sand Chokes Life From Australia's Drought-Stricken Rivers
Sydney - Feb 11, 2003
One quarter of rivers in southern Australia are choked with sand where once there were deep pools and rocky bars.
Ocean Surface Saltiness Influences El Nino Forecasts
Greenbelt - Jan 31, 2003
NASA sponsored scientists have discovered by knowing the salt content of the ocean's surface, they may be able to improve the ability to predict El Nino events. Scientists, studying the western Pacific Ocean, find regional changes in the saltiness of surface ocean water correspond to changes in upper ocean heat content in the months preceding an El Nino event. Knowing the distribution of surface salinity may help predict events.
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Tree-Ring Study Reveals Long History Of El Nino
Moffett Field - Jan 6, 2003
El Nino is not a new weather phenomenon, according to a recent NASA study that looks 750 years into the past using tree-ring records.
Evidence That El Nino Influences 2000 Year Global Climate Cycle
Syracuse - Nov 18, 2002
El Nino, the pattern that can wreak havoc on climate conditions around the world, is like a beacon, pulsating through time on a 2,000 year cycle, according to a new study by scientists from Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.; Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and from the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, Colo., that is being published in the Nov. 14 issue of Nature.
Pacific Ocean Temperature Changes Point To Natural Climate Variability
College Station - Nov 18, 2002
Analysis of long-term changes in Pacific Ocean temperatures may provide additional data with which to evaluate global warming hypotheses.
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