Lengthy Droughts Tied to Long-Lived la Ninas. (Long, Dry Spells)
Perkins, S., Science News
A new study of persistent droughts that occurred in the United States during the past 3 centuries suggests that those dry spells may be associated with prolonged instances of the climate phenomenon known as La Nina. That occurs when sea-surface temperatures in the central Pacific are cooler than average.
La Nina events typically bring drier-than-normal conditions to the southwestern United States, says Edward R. Cook of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y. In the 20th century, each La Nina typically didn't last more than 2 years. However, new analyses of coral taken from the central Pacific indicate that the sea-surface temperatures there were …
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Article title: Lengthy Droughts Tied to Long-Lived la Ninas. (Long, Dry Spells).
Contributors: Perkins, S. - Author.
Magazine title: Science News.
Volume: 162.
Issue: 6
Publication date: August 10, 2002.
Page number: 85+.
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