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Earth's System: Earth’s Climate Systems
El Niño and La Niña
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El Niño and La Niña
El Niño and La Niña are natural climate events that happen every few years and cause short-term changes in weather around the world. These changes are linked to shifts in ocean temperatures and wind patterns in the Pacific Ocean. El Niño warms the ocean near South America an...
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El Niño and La Niña are opposite climate patterns that describe changes in Pacific Ocean temperatures and wind directions. Let’s see how they form.
During a normal year in the Pacific Ocean, warm water rises up in the western Pacific, while cool water rises in the east near South America through a process called upwelling.
The trade ...
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