Tag: El Nino
Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Niño cycles
The planet’s largest and most powerful driver of climate changes from one year to the next, the El Niño Southern Oscillation in the tropical Pacific Ocean, was believed to have been weaker in ancient times due to the different configuration of the Earth’s orbit. However, scientists analyzing 25-foot high piles of ancient shells have uncovered new information that has led the to believe that the El Niños 10,000 years ago were just as strong and frequent as the ones that we still experience today.