Science · 27 August 2026 · From issue 29

Recent strengthening of eastern Pacific ENSO in the last millennium paleorecord

Galápagos coral records show El Niño swings have grown far stronger than natural variability alone.

J. E. Cole, D. M. Thompson et al.

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