oscillation
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Scientists are continuing to study how global warming affects the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle, and the link is not clear-cut.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The full name of the pattern is the El Niño-Southern Oscillation or ENSO.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
Ocean-atmosphere coupling is most powerful in the tropics, where the coupling is responsible for the well-known "El Niño-Southern Oscillation" in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024
Part of that has to do with El Niño, the warm phase of the El Niño-La Niña Southern Oscillation pattern, which is a major driver of temperature and precipitation patterns across the globe.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024
Oscillation, the act of moving backward and forward.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
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