Uncoupling past salinity and temperature signals in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool: implications for climate change in the Australian region

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    The tropical oceans and in particular the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool, immediately to Australia s north, play a key role in modulating global and Australian climate through El-Ni o and related phenomena. Using a new microanalysis approach to analyse individual foraminifera from deep-sea cores, we will reconstruct past salinity and temperature variability within the Warm Pool, and determine changing rainfall patterns and, ENSO and monsoon behaviour under climate conditions that lie outside modern records. This information is vital for understanding past climate and predicting the future intensity and frequency of El-Ni o related drought and wet cycles in Australia.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/01/0431/12/07

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