New Research Could Predict La Nina Drought Years in Advance
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists' ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by La Nina - a recurrent cooling pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Their findings, which predict that the current La Nina is likely to stretch into a second year, could help scientists know years in advance how a particular La Nina event . . .
Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists' ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by La Nina - a recurrent cooling pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Their findings, which predict that the current La Nina is likely to stretch into a second year, could help scientists know years in advance how a particular La Nina event . . .