They say there is particular concern over the very long-lived northern low pressure zone of circumpolar winds, called a vortex, found at between 13 and 34 km (8 and 21 miles) above the Earth's surface.
The zone is a belt of low pressure that wraps around the planet.
Some lifting of pressure on the euro zone's financial markets has already been evident since the start of the year.
At the very least, Germany will shortly be denuclearized, greatly increasing the pressure for a nuclear free zone in much of Europe.
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The recent ECB and BoJ policy statements have reduced the likelihood of a Euro-zone rate cut and has increased pressure on Governor Shirakawa at the BoJ to take further action.
With inflation now above the European Central Bank's comfort zone and almost double the Bank of England's target, pressure to raise interest rates is growing.
Nearly a year after it was bailed out by the European Union, Greece has been thrust back to the top of the agenda as its increasingly fragile finances put serious pressure on Euro zone members to figure out how to avoid a messy default.
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Whether one is optimistic about the fate of the euro depends on how one believes euro-zone leaders will respond to this pressure.
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With the single market in peril and depression looming, Mrs Merkel would come under huge pressure to pay whatever it takes to save the rest of the euro zone.
You do not have to be a German taxpayer to fret that the corollary of giving weaker euro-zone governments refuge from the bond markets is to ease the pressure on them to cut their deficits.
Danone is bracing for a slow recovery of its European business, highlighting the growing pressure on consumer-product companies from the euro zone's deepening economic malaise.
She said the constant pressure to be doing more than one is capable of is stretching people beyond their comfort zone and ability to feel that they are living a life of balance.
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