The World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday that La Nina conditions, which include a large cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific as trade winds have increased in recent weeks. The agency’s top official was quick to caution that the “triple dip” does not mean global warming is slowing. “It’s great to have three years in a row with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but will not stop or reverse the long-term warming trend,” said WMO Secretary-General Petri Taalas. La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to the warming caused by the better known El Nino – an opposite phenomenon. La Nina often leads to more hurricanes in the Atlantic, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central US Studies have shown that La Nina is more expensive for the United States than El Nino. Together El Nino, La Nina and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation, and they have one of the largest natural effects on climate, sometimes increasing and other times mitigating the large effects of climate change caused by the human. from burning coal, oil and natural gas, scientists say.
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title: “The Un Meteorological Service Predicts A Rare Triple Dip La Nina In 2022 Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-12” author: “Benjamin Stroope”
The World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday that La Nina conditions, which include a large cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific as trade winds have increased in recent weeks. The agency’s top official was quick to caution that the “triple dip” does not mean global warming is slowing. “It’s great to have three years in a row with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but will not stop or reverse the long-term warming trend,” said WMO Secretary-General Petri Taalas. La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to the warming caused by the better known El Nino – an opposite phenomenon. La Nina often leads to more hurricanes in the Atlantic, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central US Studies have shown that La Nina is more expensive for the United States than El Nino. Together El Nino, La Nina and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation, and they have one of the largest natural effects on climate, sometimes increasing and other times mitigating the large effects of climate change caused by the human. from burning coal, oil and natural gas, scientists say.
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title: “The Un Meteorological Service Predicts A Rare Triple Dip La Nina In 2022 Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Janine Morris”
The World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday that La Nina conditions, which include a large cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific as trade winds have increased in recent weeks. The agency’s top official was quick to caution that the “triple dip” does not mean global warming is slowing. “It’s great to have three years in a row with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but will not stop or reverse the long-term warming trend,” said WMO Secretary-General Petri Taalas. La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to the warming caused by the better known El Nino – an opposite phenomenon. La Nina often leads to more hurricanes in the Atlantic, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central US Studies have shown that La Nina is more expensive for the United States than El Nino. Together El Nino, La Nina and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation, and they have one of the largest natural effects on climate, sometimes increasing and other times mitigating the large effects of climate change caused by the human. from burning coal, oil and natural gas, scientists say.
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title: “The Un Meteorological Service Predicts A Rare Triple Dip La Nina In 2022 Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-08” author: “Wade Fulmer”
The World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday that La Nina conditions, which include a large cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific as trade winds have increased in recent weeks. The agency’s top official was quick to caution that the “triple dip” does not mean global warming is slowing. “It’s great to have three years in a row with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but will not stop or reverse the long-term warming trend,” said WMO Secretary-General Petri Taalas. La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to the warming caused by the better known El Nino – an opposite phenomenon. La Nina often leads to more hurricanes in the Atlantic, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central US Studies have shown that La Nina is more expensive for the United States than El Nino. Together El Nino, La Nina and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation, and they have one of the largest natural effects on climate, sometimes increasing and other times mitigating the large effects of climate change caused by the human. from burning coal, oil and natural gas, scientists say.
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