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Extreme La Niña events to increase

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How climate change will impact the natural phenomenon La Niña, the counterpart of El Niño, has been unclear. In spite of uncertainty, now a study shows a large model consensus for an increasing frequency of extreme La Niña events.

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Figure 1: Illustration of extreme La Niña conditions.

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Capotondi, A. Extreme La Niña events to increase. Nature Clim Change 5, 100–101 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2509

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