Not exact matches
Even in the absence of changes in external factors, many natural systems
exhibit substantial internal
variability — such as booms and busts in wild populations — that can last for long periods.
There is high confidence that Arctic sea ice anomalies
exhibit substantial interannual
variability, so that ice loss or gain in any particular year can not be taken as an indication or absence of a long - term trend due to anthropogenic forcing.
These aspects of precipitation generally
exhibit large natural
variability, and El Niño and changes in atmospheric circulation patterns such as the North Atlantic Oscillation have a
substantial influence.