Publication Date:
2006-12-16
Description:
The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle of alternating warm El Nino and cold La Nina events is the dominant year-to-year climate signal on Earth. ENSO originates in the tropical Pacific through interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, but its environmental and socioeconomic impacts are felt worldwide. Spurred on by the powerful 1997-1998 El Nino, efforts to understand the causes and consequences of ENSO have greatly expanded in the past few years. These efforts reveal the breadth of ENSO's influence on the Earth system and the potential to exploit its predictability for societal benefit. However, many intertwined issues regarding ENSO dynamics, impacts, forecasting, and applications remain unresolved. Research to address these issues will not only lead to progress across a broad range of scientific disciplines but also provide an opportunity to educate the public and policy makers about the importance of climate variability and change in the modern world.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McPhaden, Michael J -- Zebiak, Stephen E -- Glantz, Michael H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1740-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA. michael.j.mcphaden@noaa.gov〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17170296" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Atmosphere
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Carbon
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Carbon Dioxide
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*Climate
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*Ecosystem
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Forecasting
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Pacific Ocean
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Plants
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Population Dynamics
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Temperature
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Weather
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
