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Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common

Plankton that lived during the last glacial maximum have helped confirm the accuracy of our climate models – suggesting the predictions those models make about future El Niño events are accurate too

By James Dinneen

30 September 2024

Foraminifera, shells, debris. Mediterranean sea. — Tiny foraminifera shells can help us understand the future of El Niño
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A reconstruction of Pacific Ocean temperatures 21,000 years ago, based on the chemistry of tiny shells, adds hefty support to projections that climate change will make strong El Niño events far more common, leading to more extreme weather around the world.

“We’re projecting a pretty dramatic change,” says at the University of Arizona.

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