Inter-ocean transport before the age of globalisation

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

What happens on a daily basis now, used to occur just twice in millions of years – for this one horn snail at least. Snail’s airlift chance before age of globalisation: mistaking heron’s leg for reed?

ENSO variability was high during Pliocene – suggesting warming won’t temper El Niños and La Niñas

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

A resonating question among climatologists: how will warming affect the El Niño Southern Oscillation?

Newly found ocean floor rare earths ‘too deep for decades’

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

From La Niña to ‘La Nada’ – perhaps El Niño later on

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Yesterday we took a better look at the climate records of 2010 – a year characterized by many extremes and a ‘binary’ El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation – that switched suddenly from the one state to the other, somewhere in … Continue reading →

Floods & La Niña: direct, indirect and other causes to heavy rains around the world

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Extreme rainfalls and floods across different continents dominate the global news. A connection to La Niña has been suggested. But to what extent can the floods in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, the Philippines and north-western Europe be … Continue reading →

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Inter-ocean transport before the age of globalisation

ENSO variability was high during Pliocene – suggesting warming won’t temper El Niños and La Niñas

Newly found ocean floor rare earths ‘too deep for decades’

From La Niña to ‘La Nada’ – perhaps El Niño later on

Floods & La Niña: direct, indirect and other causes to heavy rains around the world