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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As his plane crossed the Pacific, Fukuda consoled himself with the fact that in six months only two cases of H5 flu had occurred. Upon his arrival, a medical officer with the Hong Kong Department of Health greeted him warmly, then gently told him of the latest discoveries. "The good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flu Hunters | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

How long this boom-and-bust cycle has been operating, no one really knows. Finding out might seem to be a hopeless task, considering that the phenomenon was discovered only about a century ago by Peruvian fishermen. (It was they who called it El Nino, the Spanish name for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury Of El Nino | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

One prime suspect is something known as the Pacific decadal oscillation. Since 1977, say researchers from the University of Washington, it has been locked into a mode that has made winters in the Pacific Northwest warm and dry, just as El Nino tends to do. But according to climatologist Nathan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury Of El Nino | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

Where indeed? While all these climate cycles seem to involve both atmosphere and oceans, more and more scientists are abandoning their long-held belief that the former runs the show. The atmosphere is fickle, they observe. Storms form, then quickly dissipate, so whatever information they contain about the conditions that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury Of El Nino | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

It starts in the modest flatlands, Monica and Nicole territory, and climbs the Santa Monica Mountains, where the homes are obscenely gorgeous and the salt-air view of the Pacific so tearfully stunning that you have to get on the cell phone and either call the shrink or schedule a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ain't We Got Fun | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

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