Reposted by Yingpu Xiahou
A new study argues that natural multidecadal trade wind shifts—rather than a failure of climate models—primarily drove the unexpected cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific from 1982 to 2024, masking greenhouse-gas warming in the region temporarily. 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/09/01/w...
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Why the Pacific is Cooling in a Warming World
Derived from Figure 2 in Xie et al. (2026). Observed and simulated 1982–2024 trends in equatorial ocean temperature. Linear trend of equatorial (2.5°S to 2.5°N mean) ocean temperature trends (°C/de…
