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1500-Year Arctic Atmospheric Cycle
December 5, 2012 | National Science Foundation

“A team of scientists supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has identified for the first time a clear 1,500-year cycle in the far North’s surface atmosphere pressure pattern. Called the Arctic Oscillation (AO), the cycle greatly influences weather in the Northern Hemisphere.” Quoted from the NSF press release.


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