Ocean Acidity Data Affirm Predictions of Changes to El Niño Conditions

Ocean acidity data affirm predictions of changes to El Niño conditions
October 20, 2021

A multi-institutional research team led by Yale and the University of St. Andrews has confirmed a major finding of climate models regarding changes that may occur to Pacific Ocean currents — including those that drive El Niño events — with just a few degrees of global warming. The new findings, published in the journal Nature, reflect the increased potential of climate models for predicting complex environmental dynamics.



For more information, please click here for an article published by Yale News

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