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Earth sciences

The physics of El Niño

01 Aug 1998

Every few years the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean warms up around the equator and plays havoc with the climate on several continents. Why does this happen?

The past two years have witnessed the strongest El Niño this century. Indeed, the event received so

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Ping Chang is in the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3160, USA. David S Battisti is in the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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