Different Types of El Nino Have Different Effects on Global Temperature
New York NY (SPX) May 21, 2014 - The El Nino-Southern Oscillation is known to influence global surface temperatures, with El Nino conditions leading to warmer temperatures and La Nina conditions leading to colder temperatures. However, a new study in Geophysical Research Letters shows that some types of El Nino do not have this effect, a finding that could explain recent decade-scale slowdowns in global warming. The ... more

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