Global warming may break the 400-year link between the Indian ocean and the Pacific Ocean
For ages, the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans have moved in sync, working together to shape worldwide rainfall, temperatures, and weather patterns. However, a study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), published in Nature Communications under the title “Coupling of Pacific and Indian Ocean variability disrupted by 19th century volcanism,” shows that this longstanding … Read more