Despite ongoing increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, the Earth’s global average surface air temperature has remained more or less steady since 2001. A variety of mechanisms have been proposed to account for this slowdown in surface warming. A key component of the global hiatus that has been identified is cool eastern Pacific sea surface temperature, but it is unclear how the ocean has remained relatively cool there in spite of ongoing increases in radiative forcing. Here we show that a pronounced strengthening in Pacific trade winds over the past two decades—unprecedented in observations/reanalysis data and not captured by climate models—is su
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/recent-intensification-wind-driven-circulation-pacific-and-ongoing-warming-hiatus
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/matthew-h-england
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shayne-mcgregor
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/paul-spence-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oceans-and-seas
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-pacific-ocean
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
