In the late 1950s, supported by an Air Force contract to
study weather anomalies, he had been struck by the wide variability of climates as recorded in the varying width of tree rings.
Not exact matches
But a new
study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports reinforces this idea that climate change is altering the world's
weather - making wind conveyor belts in a way that favors extreme and long - lasting
weather anomalies.
Pilot
study focusing on a region vulnerable to climate change Although the
study highlights that long term changes in rainfall intensity are not always» man - made,» it does not necessarily mean that today's
weather anomalies across the Indian Ocean rim countries and, in particular, their frequency, are not subject to human influence.
Lamont's Ryan Abernathey and Richard Seager are
studying how changes in the ocean cause sea surface temperature to vary, and how these
anomalies drive changes in atmospheric circulation to create extreme
weather events.