Australasian Science August 1998, pages 17-18 El Niņo: Past, present and future (by Paul Holper)
Ecos No. 110, 2002, page 6 Waiting for El Niņo (by Graeme O'Neill) Describes a CSIRO model that will be able to predict El Niņo events up to 9 months in advance.
No. 102, 2000, pages 34-35 Deconstructing ENSO (by Graeme O'Neill) Discusses the connection between CO2 and ENSO events.
No. 97, 1998, pages 22-25 Australia's climate Cerberus: The puzzle of three oceans (by Peter Baines) Australia's climate is influenced by the oceans surrounding it.
No. 84, 1995, pages 11-26 Coping with climate A feature on CSIRO's climate variability program. One of the articles, Havoc surrounds a wave called Kelvin, is available online.
Nature 21 October 2004, pages 920-921 Wider connections for El Niņo (by William J. Randel) Climate anomalies associated with the large El Niņo of 1940-42 extended far north into Europe.
15 April 2004, pages 709-711 Testing time for El Niņo (by David Anderson) Analyses of data from the past 150 years show that El Niņo and La Niņa might be more predictable than was thought.
20 November 2003, pages 239-241 Eruptions linked to El Niņo (by Shanaka de Silva) Describes the relationship between explosive volcanic eruptions and the ENSO cycle.
17 July 2003, pages 261-262 The past and future of El Niņo (by Sandy Tudhope and Mat Collins) Analysis of fossil corals provides new evidence of how the ENSO cycle can strengthen and weaken without an obvious driving force.
New Scientist 18 January 2003, pages 4-5 The mother of all El Niņos revealed (by Fred Pearce) Describes the 'Pacific decadal force' associated with the strength of El Niņo events and fluctuations in fish stocks.
9 October 1999, pages 36-39 Weather warning (by Fred Pearce) Describes how growth rings of fossil coral are used to determine past El Niņos.
19/26 December 1998 – 2 January 1999, pages 32-33 Can't stand the heat (by Fred Pearce) El Niņo may not be entirely to blame for 1998 being the warmest year on record.
31 January 1998, pages 22-27 The storm in the machine (by Oliver Morton) Describes the effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation.
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