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A worker moves irrigation tubes on a farm in Pinal County, Ariz. A two-decade drought has made water supplies harder to secure. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado Boulder and Timothy Shanahan, The University of Texas at Austin

The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon.
Look to the Pacific for reasons behind the hiatus. diversey/flickr

Is the global warming ‘hiatus’ over?

Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Study of natural variability explains slowdowns in the rate of warming in recent decades – and is key to improving climate models.
It’s all in the atmosphere. David Gray/Reuters

What caused the ‘pause’ in global warming?

Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Many people around the world, in certain locations, have asked, “where is global warming?” This is because they have experienced very cold wintry conditions and weird weather that they do not associate…

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  10. Polar vortex

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