PMEL in the News
Scientists say as climate changes, odds increase for deadly storms
November 12, 2013
Research Meteorologist Nick Bond said the group is trying to find out what is happening in the marginal ice zones along the shores. He said diminishing ice is creating more open spaces that could lead to warming temperatures and changes in the normal global weather flows. One theory is that disruption may have redirected Hurricane Sandy toward the Atlantic Coast last year.
Global Warming likely to intensify El Niño say climate scientists
October 16, 2013
El Niño is likely to become more intense with climate change, and produce drier conditions for Australia and the Western Pacific, with increases in rainfall in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific in the mid to late twenty first century, according to new research.
Scientist: Dr. Michael McPhaden