Global warming to keep driving winds poleward, deep sea dust suggests

Washington DC (UPI) Jan 6, 2021

New analysis of dust grains dredged from the bottom of the North Pacific suggests the westerlies moved toward the poles during the warmest stretches of the Pliocene, between 3 and 5 million years ago. Scientists on Wednesday published their findings in the journal Nature. The westerlies, sometimes called the anti-trades, are a series of prevailing winds blowing from west to east