A long climatic record shows that episodic wet periods in northeastern Brazil are linked to distant climate anomalies. The ocean–atmosphere system can evidently undergo rapid and global reorganization.
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Chiang, J., Koutavas, A. Tropical flip-flop connections. Nature 432, 684–685 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432684a
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