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El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal

As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a University of Michigan study has found that El Niño events have become nearly 40% stronger in the last 40 years than they were in the preindustrial era.

El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal
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As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a University of Michigan study has found that El Niño events have become nearly 40% stronger in the last 40 years than they were in the preindustrial era.

Originally published at Phys.org

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