Friday, September 15, 2006

El nino returns

The tropical Pacific is heating up again, with a weak El nino.

Dry conditions are already apparent in Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby, and we can expect a warm, dry winter in the NW.

Will this worsen ongoing problems such as plankton declines and the Oregon dead zone? Nobody knows, but there has not been much good news for ocean ecosystems lately.

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