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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

Ending emissions will not immediately reverse the effects of climate change, new modelling shows. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The Pacific Ocean could feel the effects of global warming for centuries after the world reaches net-zero emissions, a study has found, due to its "long memory".

University of Melbourne researchers published the findings late on Tuesday in a peer-reviewed paper that also found rising temperatures could create persistent El Niño-like conditions in the region.

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