Deep ocean warming-induced El Niño changes.

Geon-Il Kim1, Ji-Hoon Oh1, Na-Yeon Shin1

  • 1School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

Nature Communications
|July 23, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Deep ocean warming from greenhouse gases will cause El Niño-like conditions and increase extreme El Niño events. This prolonged ocean warming impacts climate patterns even after CO2 emissions are reduced.

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