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Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are disrupting a long-standing climate connection between the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. This link has been weakened by volcanic eruptions in the past, but recent changes appear to be driven by global warming.
A new study suggests that the climate connection between the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans can be disrupted by major volcanic eruptions, while human-caused greenhouse gas emissions may now be driving an even more unusual breakdown in that relationship. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) combined paleoclimate evidence with climate model simulations to examine how closely the two ocean basins have behaved over the past several centuries.
Their findings indicate that volcanism can temporarily weaken the climate link between the Indian and Pacific oceans. More recently, however, human-driven climate forcing has produced what the researchers describe as an
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Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are disrupting a long-standing climate connection between the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. This link has been weakened by volcanic eruptions in the past, but recent changes appear to be driven by global warming.
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