The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in the news
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  • 12/17/02 - San Jose Mercury News - El Niño has a weather-making partner: Pacific decadal oscillation
  • 06/27/02 Space Daily - As Summer Starts, Next El Nino Is Slow To Grow
  • 04/03/02 Arizona Republic - Arizona facing long drought, scientist says
  • 03/25/02 Reuters - El Nino May Be Blunted by N.Pacific Weather System
  • 01/09/02 - Arizona Public Radio - Climate Shifts
  • 11/5/00 Albequerque Journal - State Could Be in for Decades-Long Dry Spell
  • 9/4/00 MSNBC - An ocean’s massive impact
  • 8/14/00 ENN - Pacific Ocean mood swings pack one-two punch
  • 8/1/00 Jet Propulsion Lab press release - PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION PACKS A ONE-TWO PUNCH
  • 7/31/00 Washington Post - Rise in tropical ocean temperatures raises questions, alarms scientists
  • 7/30/00 Seattle Times - New cool-water cycle in Pacific sends marine populations soaring
  • 5/24/00 LA Times - Scientists Warn State to Get Ready for Drought
  • 5/23/00 AP - Southern California due for decades-long drought
  • 5/23/00 MSNBC - New forecast predicts 20 yr drought
  • 5/23/00 Business Wire - Metropolitan Launches Water Reliability Initiative as Climate Change Experts Brief Agency's Board
  • 5/23/00 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - Turning climate forecasts into public policy
  • 3/2/00 Grand Forks Herald - February ranks fifth warmest on record
  • 2/21/00 ENN News - Southwest warned to plan for dry decade
  • 2/16/00 AP - Plains may be destined for long dry spell
  • 1/31/00 Albuquerque Journal - N.M. Drought Inevitable, Scientists Say
  • 1/31/00 AP - Scientist finds fame in oceanography
  • 1/31/00 Anchorage Daily News - Cooling ocean sets up shrimp comeback
  • 1/30/00 SF Examiner Letter to the Editor - WEATHER AND THE PDO
  • 1/29/00 Science Daily News - Major mood swing alters Pacific character
  • 1/21/00 Albuquerque journal - NASA Warns of Drought
  • 1/20/00 Washington Post - Is Nature turning down the heat?
  • 1/20/00 NY Times - Pacific Ocean Showing Signs of Major Shifts in the Climate
  • 1/20/00 LA Times - Ocean Changes May Signal Climate Shift
  • 1/20/00 Reuters - Pacific Temperatures Could Herald Climate Change
  • 1/20/00 SF Examiner - Quirky climate ahead for coast
  • 1/20/00 AP - Researchers warn on La Niña
  • 1/20/00 Washington Post - Climatic Flip, or Blip? U.S. May Be Entering New Weather Era
  • 1/19/00 Space Daily - La Nina's Decade Long Oscillation
  • 6/8/99 Seattle Times - Report links decline in salmon to 'continuous El Nino'
  • 3/4/99 Oregon Live - Northwest may be in for decades of abundant rain
  • 3/4/99 The Sun - Scientists suspect new climate cycle beginning
  • 3/3/99 Seattle-PI - More cold winters of our discontent ahead
  • 3/2/99 UW Press Release - Shift in climate cycle would mean winters that are wetter than average
  • 1/28/99 Environmentla News Network - Weather: can't change it, so mitigate
  • 1/25/99 UniSci News - Peering Into The Future Of Weather Cycles
  • 3/9/98 - Alaska Science Forum - The El Nino of the North and Salmon
  • 2/16/98 Time - The Fury Of El Nino
  • 2/1/98 - Cascadia Planet - El Niño's growing ferocity: Ocean in the greenhouse?
  • 10/16/97 Environmental News Network - Move over El Niño, PDO is here
  • 10/15/97 Seattle Times - El Nino may not be alone
  • 10/14/97 Wired magazine - Tired: El Niño.  Wired: Pacific Decadal Oscillation
  • 10/13/97 - UW Press release - Move over El Niño, a major new climate cycle has been discovered, and it lasts for decades
  • 4/19/96 The Tidepool - The Ocean's Big Influence Over Salmon Goes By the Name PDO