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A changing climate: UNEP maps extreme weather events worldwide | Felicity Carus

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Stream, which is driven by the sinking of dense saline water in this region. 7) El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO): El Niño already switches on and off regularly. Climate change models suggest ENSO will enter a near-permanent switch-on. 8) Greenland ice-sheet: As ice melts, the height of surface ice decreases, so the surface is exposed to warmer temperatures at lower altitudes...

A changing climate: UNEP maps extreme weather events worldwide

the optimum population trust blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

... the Gulf Stream, which is driven by the sinking of dense saline water in this region. 7) El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO): El Niño already switches on and off regularly. Climate change models suggest ENSO will enter a near-permanent switch-on. Greenland ice-sheet: As ice melts, the height of surface ice decreases, so the surface is exposed to warmer temperatures at lower...

• A changing climate: UNEP maps extreme weather events worldwide | Felicity Carus - The Guardian

Rising Antarctic snowmelt forcast

Science Daily (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

The 30-year record low in Antarctic snowmelt that occurred during the 2008-09 austral summer was likely due to concurrent strong positive phases for two main climate drivers, ENSO (El Nino, Southern Oscillation) and SAM (Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode), according to earth and atmospheric scientists.

CCNY professor foresees rising Antarctic snowmelt

Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

The 30-year record low in Antarctic snowmelt that occurred during the 2008-09 austral summer was likely due to concurrent strong positive phases for two main climate drivers, ENSO (El Nino, Southern Oscillation) and SAM (Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode), according to Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at the City College of New York.

Ccny Professor Foresees Rising Antarctic Snowmelt

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

Marco Tedesco Says Record Low Resulted From Simultaneous Positive Phases for Two Climate DriversThe 30-year record low in Antarctic snowmelt that occurred during the 2008-09 austral summer was likely due to concurrent strong positive phases for two main climate drivers, ENSO (El Niño - Southern Oscillation) and SAM (Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode), according to Dr.

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Professor foresees rising Antarctic snowmelt

Physorg (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

The 30-year record low in Antarctic snowmelt that occurred during the 2008-09 austral summer was likely due to concurrent strong positive phases for two main climate drivers, ENSO (El Niño - Southern Oscillation) and SAM (Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode), according to Dr. Marco Tedesco, Assistant Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at The City College of New York.

Graph of the Day: Cumulative Rainfall in Naracoorte, Australia, 1900-2007

Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

... below 25% of full storage. The linkages between climate driving mechanisms of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) are discussed in terms of their ability to define the increased chances of severe drought when they occur. The apparent severity of the 1996-2007 droughts has been exacerbated by the reliance placed on allocations of water...