Weather chaos as hottest year continues

• Autores: Michael Le Page
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3039, 2015, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The forecast doesn't look good: more wild weather as the world warms fast again. Not only is an El Nino causing record warming and altered rainfall patterns around the planet, but longer-term shifts in the Pacific and Atlantic could affect the climate for decades to come. This could well be the end of the so-called slowdown in global warming since the 1990s. A strong El Nina is already affecting global weather, from boosting the number of supertyphoons in the Padfic to weakening the Indian monsoon. The rain it should bring to California could ease the drought there but with the state now missing an entire year's worth of rainfall. It is unlikely to end it