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June 2015 Hottest on Record: Super El Niño, Heatwaves, Record Precipitation and Drought
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June 2015 Hottest on Record: Super El Niño, Heatwaves, Record

Thomas Schueneman July 17, 2015

According to data released this week by the Japan Meteorological Agency,  June 2015 was the hottest June in the global record. On Wednesday NASA reported similar findings, with 2015 tied with 1998 as the warmest on record. What is considered one of the strongest El Niños in 50 years underpins the ongoing global warming trend, making expectations for 2015 […]Read More

50 Million Year Old Fossil Clams Shed Light on El Nino and Global Warming
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50 Million Year Old Fossil Clams Shed Light on El

Andrew Burger August 25, 2011

One current climate theory suggests that global warming could result in El Nino conditions becoming permanent as opposed to occurring in prevailing two- to seven-year cycles. New research based on a study of a long-lived species of fossilized clam that lived of the coast of Antarctica indicates that was not the case during the early Eocene, when the Earth was as warm as it's been in the last 65 million years.Read More

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