UNM's ITCZ Researchers (IMAGE)

University of New Mexico

UNM's ITCZ Researchers

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The University of New Mexico research team was led by Professor Yemane Asmerom (3rd from left) and included (l. to r.): Valorie Aquino, Keith Prufer and Victor Polyak. The team found contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) during a warming Earth, leading in turn to drying of the Neotropics, including Central America..

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