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Global change: The past and future of El Niño

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Nature, 424 (6946): 261--262 (Jul 17, 2003)
DOI: 10.1038/424261a

Abstract

A new study of past variations in El Niño behaviour provides a much improved record from pre-instrumental times. It will be a valuable resource for testing the models used in climate prediction. Droughts, floods, forest fires and changed patterns of storms and ocean conditions — these are some of the hallmarks of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate cycle. On page 271 of this issue, Cobb et al.1 describe how their analysis of fossil corals provides new evidence of how the ENSO cycle can strengthen and weaken without an obvious external driving force.

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