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CO2 and El Nino

Pat Neuman | 05.04.2005 09:17

CO2 accumulates faster in the atmosphere during El Nino, as the warmer surface water decreases CO2 absorbtion by the oceans.

El Ninos

1982-83, 1986-1987, 1991-1995, 1997-98

 http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html#recent
 http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/jsdisplay/plots/data-access/EQSST_xt.gif

See also:

CO2 at top of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii
 http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/gallery/ccgg_figures?page=2

Global CO2 growth rate (figure above)
 http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/gallery/ccgg_figures/co2trend_global

Global temperatures graph (figure above)
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology_and_Climate_Articles/

Trends in air temperatures
 http://www.ntimc.org/newswire.php?story_id=2233

Pat Neuman