(The Earth Institute at Columbia University) Two scientists who untangled the complex forces that drive El Niño, the world's most powerful weather cycle, have won the 2017 Vetlesen Prize for achievement in earth sciences. The $250,000 award will go to S. George Philander of Princeton University and Mark A. Cane of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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