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Climate’s troublesome kids

By Stephen Ornes / January 30, 2013

During a climate event known as El Niño (shown on the left), the surface of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warms along the equator (red). During a La Niña event (on the right), the same region cools (blue). Credit: NOAA

The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world

Posted in Weather & Climate | Tagged Benjamin Giese, buoys, Carmen Boening, climate, climate change, Columbia University, currents, drought, El Niño, ENSO, equator, feature, flooding, global warming, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Nina, Miriam Marlier, NASA, NOAA, satellites, Southern Oscillation, storms, Texas A&M University, topstories, trade winds, weather, wildfire

Watching our seas rise

By Douglas Fox / November 8, 2012

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Satellites, coral reefs, ancient Roman fishponds and sinking cities help us understand how humans are changing sea level

Posted in Weather & Climate | Tagged Antarctica, Bruce Douglas, carbon dioxide, climate, climate change, corals, El Niño, ENSO, feature, Fernando Siringan, Florida State University, Fossil fuels, glaciers, global change, global warming, greenhouse gases, Greenland, Harold Wanless, Helsinki University of Technology, hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, Jason 2, Jason-3, Jeremy Weiss, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jonathan Overpeck, Josh Willis, JPL, KAMANAVA, Martin Vermeer, meltwater, Meltwater Pulse 1A, NASA, New Orleans, NOAA, ocean height, Paul Hearty, reefs, Robert Deyle, Roman fish ponds, satellites, sea level rise, subsidence, tide gauge, topstories, University of Arizona, University of Miami, University of North Carolina, University of the Philippines