Analyses that largely exploit indirect data from the past 150 years show that El Niño and La Niña might be more predictable than was thought. The results presage the prospect of extended climate forecasts.
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Anderson, D. Testing time for El Niño. Nature 428, 709–711 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428709a
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