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August 05, 2014

Atlantic origin of recent Pacific trade wind, sea level and temperature trends
Honolulu HI (SPX) Aug 05, 2014
An Australian-US team of climate researchers has solved a puzzle that has challenged scientists for over a decade. Climate models predict that the equatorial Pacific trades should weaken with increasing greenhouse gases. Yet, since the early 1990s, satellites and climate stations reveal a rapid and unprecedented strengthening of the Pacific trade winds, accelerating sea level rise in the western Pacific and impacting both Pacific and global climate. "The answer to the puzzle is that recent rapid A ... read more

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