AGU journal highlights -- June 23, 2011

06/23/11 ( American Geophysical Union ) Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Estimating climate effects of contrails"; "Did Aboriginal forest burning affect Australian summer monsoon?"; "El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation variability persisted in warmer world"; "Constraining the trigger for ancient warming episode"; "Next generation atmospheric model improves hurricane ...

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West Coast erosion: a glimpse of warming?

07/12/11 The entire U.S. West Coast took a dramatic beating from the El Ni?o episode that ended last year, a new study reveals, as powerful waves gouged away chunks of shoreline at far higher levels than previously measured....

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Strong El Ni?o could bring increased sea levels, storm surges to US East Coast

07/15/11 Coastal communities along the U.S. East Coast may be at risk to higher sea levels accompanied by more destructive storm surges in future El Ni?o years, according to a new study by NOAA. The study was prompted by an unusual number of destructive storm surges along the East Coast during the 2009-2010 El Ni?o winter.

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