Warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is changing global rainfall patterns
Roxy, M.K., P. Dasgupta, M.J. McPhaden, T. Suematsu, C. Zhang, and D. Kim, 2019: Twofold expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool warps the MJO life cycle. Nature, 575, 647-651. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1764-4
A new study published in the journal Nature (Roxy et al., 2019) shows that warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is altering rainfall patterns across the globe, contributing to declines in rainfall along the U.S. West Coast and parts of the East Coast.
Rainfall changes due to warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and corresponding changes in the Madden Julian Oscillation. The shining sun depicts areas of declining rainfall while the rain clouds show where rainfall is increasing. Credit: Roxy M. Koll, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, et al., Nature
