The world’s most influential global weather phenomenon is likely to more than double in frequency if efforts to limit global warming fail, according to a new report. An international team writing in the journal Nature Climate Change says that the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions will bring twice as many as extreme outbreaks of El Nino ocean warming to the tropical Pacific over the next century as has ever occurred over the previous 100 years. “Our research shows this will double to one event every 10 years,” said study author Agus Santuso. El Nino events can trigger large scale weather shifts that brings storms or drought to various parts of he world. The last extreme El Nino wreaked havoc on global weather patterns in 1997-1998, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing approxiamately 23,000 people.
Earthweek | Steve Newman
The Plain Dealer January 25, 2014
Get a load of what the next one will be blamed for.
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