Global Warming Kicks Up Record Pacific Trade Winds

[Crabtownboy]

Another effect of global warming.

Rapid warming of the Atlantic Ocean is "turbocharging" Pacific equatorial trade winds, according to new research. These are the strongest trade winds since recording began in the 1860s, according to scientists from the University of New South Wales and the University of Hawaii.

"The increase in these winds has ... amplified the Californian drought, accelerated sea level rise three times faster than the global average in the Western Pacific and has slowed the rise of global average surface temperatures since 2001," the study's authors report.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/glo...icks-up-record-pacific-trade-winds-140803.htm

 

[Bro. Curtis]

Pull quote from the article…..

"It will be difficult to predict when the Pacific cooling trend and its contribution to the global hiatus in surface temperatures will come to an end,"

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