Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 6, 2026

Using Generative Art to Convey Past and Future Climate Transitions
Published on: March 31, 2023
Palaeoclimate reconstructions reveal a strong link between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Tropical Pacific mean
Aleksey Yu Sadekov1, Raja Ganeshram, Laetitia Pichevin
11] School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK [2] Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK.
Abstract:
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most important components of the global climate system, but its potential response to an anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 remains largely unknown. One of the major limitations in ENSO prediction is our poor understanding of the relationship between ENSO variability and long-term changes in Tropical Pacific oceanography. Here we investigate this relationship using palaeorecords derived from the geochemistry of planktonic foraminifera. Our results indicate a strong negative correlation between ENSO variability and zonal gradient of sea-surface temperatures across the Tropical Pacific during the last 22 ky. This strong correlation implies a mechanistic link that tightly couples zonal sea-surface temperature gradient and ENSO variability during large climate changes and provides a unique insight into potential ENSO evolution in the future by suggesting enhanced ENSO variability under a global warming scenario.
More Related Videos
10:28Investigating the Relationship between Sea Surface Chlorophyll and Major Features of the South China Sea with Satellite Information
Published on: June 13, 2020
10:14Author Spotlight: Leaf Trait Analysis for Climate and Ecology Reconstruction in Modern and Ancient Plant Communities
Published on: October 25, 2024
Related Concept Videos
Global Climate Change
What is Climate?
Microbes and Climate Change
Precipitation and Co-precipitation
Precipitation Processes
Isothermal Processes
An ideal gas can also undergo isothermal expansion or compression.
For example, consider 1 mole of an ideal gas inside an isolated cylinder at initial volume V...