Abstract

Is the ocean a passive participant in the global climate, or does it take a more active part? Thisis a central question in climate modelling, which may now have a partial answer. Sea surfacetemperature oscillations have been observed in the Atlantic to persist for several years, and,along with surface pressure variations, appear to form a whole-ocean oscillation that could helpexplain some climate variations over timescales of years to decades. The orderly fluctuations ofsea surface temperature may eventually help us to make long-term climate forecasts.

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