Black summer bushfires may have caused rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña, study suggests
by Donna Lu Science writer from on (#6BMTA)
Smoke aerosols from the fires interacted with clouds to cool the south-eastern Pacific, helping the wet weather pattern to form
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Smoke from Australia's 2019-20 black summer fires may have resulted in the rare triple dip" La Nina that lasted from 2020 to 2022, research suggests.
Modelling from scientists at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research has found that smoke aerosols from the bushfires interacted with clouds to cool surface waters over the south-eastern subtropical Pacific Ocean.
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