Reaching Net Zero Sooner Could Limit Long-Lasting El Niño-Like Shift in the Pacific

'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

Cutting all greenhouse gas emissions will not immediately reverse the effects of climate change on the world's largest ocean, a study has found.

Reaching net zero sooner could limit long-lasting El Niño-like shift in the Pacific

Reaching net zero sooner would limit long-lasting changes to El Niño and the tropical Pacific, new climate modeling suggests, although heat stored deep in the ocean means changes to the tropical Pacific could persist for centuries.

Reaching net zero sooner limits long-lasting El Niño-like shift in the Pacific

Reaching net zero sooner would limit long-lasting changes to El Niño and the tropical Pacific, new climate modelling suggests, although heat stored deep in the ocean means changes to the tropical Pacific could persist for centuries.

‘Long memory’: Pacific faces decades of global warming

The Pacific Ocean could feel the effects of global warming for centuries after the world reaches net-zero emissions, a study has found, due to its “long memory”.  University of Melbourne researchers published the findings late on Tuesday in a peer-reviewed paper that also found rising temperatures could create persistent El Niño-like conditions in the region.  Cutting emissions sooner could limit the extent of the changes, they said, but some na…