Climatic controls on central African hydrology during the past 20,000 years
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The isotopic composition of terrigenous plant lipids, extracted from a marine sediment core-close to the Congo River mouth is analyzed to reconstruct past central African rainfall variations and compare this record to sea surface temperature changes in the South Atlantic Ocean. Results reveal changes in ocean circulation, and hence sea surface temperature patterns, were important in modulating atmospheric moisture transport onto the central African continent.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Eruptions linked to EL Nino
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El Nino and La Nina, periodic warming and cooling phases respectively, are driven by natural interactions between the atmosphere and ocean in the tropical Pacific. The cycle of events in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean and the strong influence it has on the global climate are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Low Atlantic hurricane activity in the 1970s and 1980s compared to the past 270 years
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An analysis of the increasing trend of the low Atlantic hurricane activity in the 1970s and 1980s, as compared to the past 270 years is presented.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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