Global warming may dent El Nino's protective shield from Atlantic hurricanes, increase droughts

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 12:14 in Earth & Climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- El Niño, the periodic eastern Pacific phenomenon credited with shielding the United States and Caribbean from severe hurricane seasons, may be overshadowed by its brother in the central Pacific due to global warming, according to an article in the September 24 issue of the journal Nature.

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