Climate models don't tell the full story

Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 15:35 in Earth & Climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate models that predict heavy rainfall don`t give the whole picture, according to the results of a study by NWO scientist Martin Ziegler. He examined climate changes that have taken place over the past 800,000 years, and discovered that the melting icebergs in the North Atlantic and changes in the El Niño Southern Oscillation have a great influence on the intensity of monsoon rains. He received his doctorate from Utrecht University on 2 October.

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