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A millennium-long record from Galápagos corals suggests that El Niño is intensifying as the planet warms, with ENSO variability in the eastern Pacific roughly 37% higher than during the preindustrial era. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4zJ0DTJ

scim.agRecent strengthening of eastern Pacific ENSO in the last millennium paleorecordThe Pacific El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) generates climate extremes that endanger ecosystems, infrastructure, and human well-being worldwide. The response of this system to climate warming is p...

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Breve-latte man
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This is only for the last 1,000 years, basically since the Norman conquest. That’s not much of a record length. The last time I saw a semi-detailed temp anomaly map showed the south facing Galapagos shores cooler than average due to brute force upwelling of cold Antarctic bottom currents.