El Nino study: It could mean more hurricanes, and more land hits--and a new name
El Nino typically means less Atlantic hurricanes.. A new study says that we can expepct the unexpected..A study appeared in the journal SCIENCE on July 3 2009 conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology.. the climatologists declaring that El Nino is changing to El Niño Modoki (from the Japanese meaning "similar, but different")..
The study concludes that the new kind of warming is taking place in the Central Pacific rather than the Eastern Pacific..
More information on ocean temps can be found at OceanWeather.com .. No word on when forecasters will start calling the Central Pacific warming "Modoki" ..
posted by schmuckraker @ 7/08/2009 12:03:00 PM
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