I was interested in variations in temperatures of the oceans over the past millennium. But there are no records of these changes so I had to find proxy measures: coral growth, ice cores and tree rings. — Michael E. Mann Copy Share Image
“He discovered that a slight oscillation, less than 1°F, in the surface temperatures of the oceans—a cooler than normal tropical Pacific Ocean surface temperature combined with a slightly warmer tropical Atlantic Ocean temperature—created the atmospheric conditions that caused the drought.” — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image