Pacific Decadal Oscillation Packs A One-Two Punch Date: August 3, 2000 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: The Pacific Ocean, the largest and deepest of the world's oceans, suffers ...

Last week, I wrote a long story about a phenomenon called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation or PDO, a naturally occurring wobble in the planet’s climate system that involves the burial and release ...

The Pacific Decadal Oscillation is a long-term fluctuation of the Pacific Ocean that waxes and wanes between cool and warm phases approximately every five to 20 years.

Underwater recordings collected by researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California ...

Global warming is about to get a boost. As this year’s El Niño sets in, early signs are pointing toward the possibility of a rare occurrence: back-to-back El Niño years.If it happens, it would ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image of sea-surface height measurements from the U.S./French Jason-1 oceanography satellite shows the Pacific Ocean remains locked in a strong, cool phase of the ...

With the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, there were major changes in Pacific trade winds, sea-level pressure, sea level, rainfall and storm locations throughout the Pacific and Pacific-rim countries.

Bay Area's warmest weather in weeks is coming. These cities could hit 90 degrees Hurricane Erick is quickly approaching Mexico and could make landfall to become the season’s first major hurricane late ...

However, as the main source papers for the IPCC had to be gathered some time ago, the Scripps-led study of the Pacific decadal oscillation will not have made it into the final report, ...