Big Dry

New climate records from an Antarctic ice core show that rainfall in eastern Australia since the 1920s is below average.The ice data, from Law Dome in East Antarctica, reveals something of a Big Dry over the past 90 years, caused by stronger or more frequent El Nino events.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vance, TR
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: ABC News 2012
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Glaciology
Antarctic
East Antarctica
Law Dome
Antarc*
Antarctica
ice core
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/90999
Description
Summary:New climate records from an Antarctic ice core show that rainfall in eastern Australia since the 1920s is below average.The ice data, from Law Dome in East Antarctica, reveals something of a Big Dry over the past 90 years, caused by stronger or more frequent El Nino events.

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