Interesting article about Australia's climate and the Indian Ocean Dipole—which is an irregular
oscillation of sea surface temperatures in which the western Indian Ocean becomes alternately
warmer (positive phase) and then colder (negative phase) than the eastern part of the ocean.
Indian Ocean Dipole linked to global warming in new research by Australian scientists
One of the big drivers of drought in Australia, the Indian Ocean Dipole, is trending towards a more
drought-causing positive state due to climate change, according to new research. Professor Nerilie Abram
from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences said the changes were occurring in the IOD's behaviour.
"That is going to increase the risk that we will have these very dry and hot years and those are the
years where we precondition our landscape to burn," she said.
oscillation of sea surface temperatures in which the western Indian Ocean becomes alternately
warmer (positive phase) and then colder (negative phase) than the eastern part of the ocean.
Indian Ocean Dipole linked to global warming in new research by Australian scientists
One of the big drivers of drought in Australia, the Indian Ocean Dipole, is trending towards a more
drought-causing positive state due to climate change, according to new research. Professor Nerilie Abram
from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences said the changes were occurring in the IOD's behaviour.
"That is going to increase the risk that we will have these very dry and hot years and those are the
years where we precondition our landscape to burn," she said.
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