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Rainfall–salinity link sustains prolonged La Niña events, study reveals
- January 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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La Niña—a climate phenomenon characterized by unusually cool sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean—can persist for multiple years, exerting significant climate impacts worldwide. In recent decades, such prolonged La Niña events have grown more frequent. However, the mechanisms that sustain these multiyear cooling episodes have remained unclear.
Originally published at Phys.org