Topic: El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

A satellite image of the Earth showing an abnormally warm area near the equator off the West Coast of South America.
El Niño and La Niña

By influencing global temperatures and precipitation, the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) significantly impacts Earth’s ecosystems and human societies. El Niño and La Niña are opposite extremes of the ENSO, which refers to cyclical environmental conditions that occur across the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. These changes are due to natural interactions between the ocean and atmosphere. Sea surface temperature, rainfall, air pressure, atmospheric and ocean circulation all influence each other. 

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A satellite image of the Earth showing an abnormally warm area near the equator off the West Coast of South America.
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