El Niño And Its Effects On The Planet
Question: What is El Niño and what are its effects on the planet?
Answer: El Niño, or more completely, the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) refers to the phenomenon where the normal ocean/atmosphere circulation patterns in the South Pacific Ocean are disrupted. As they break down and even reverse, it results in higher than normal sea surface temperatures in the eastern South Pacific Ocean.
It changes atmospheric pressures with consequences for rainfall, wind patterns, sea surface temperatures and can sometimes have a positive, and sometimes a negative effect on those systems
Because this disruption, when it appears every few years, is usually strongest around Christmas time, South American fishermen (who are adversely affected by it) called it El Niño (Spanish for the Christ child).
Scientists are not yet certain of the causes underlying the phenomenon, but it is clear that there is a good connection with anomalous weather patterns around the world.
MessageToEagle.com
Source: GCMD/NASA
Related Posts
-
First Odometer Was Invented By Vitruvius Around 15 B.C.
No Comments | Jan 24, 2016
-
Archaeological Evidence That Has Been Suppressed In The Name Of ‘Scientific Conformity’
No Comments | Sep 4, 2014
-
Incredible Giant Shoebill Stork Looks Like A Real Dinosaur
No Comments | Sep 29, 2018
-
Richard Feynman’s Simple Technique To Learn Any Subject Fast And On Deep Level
No Comments | Jun 21, 2017
-
Star Trek’s Version Of Time Travel Is More Realistic Than Most Science Fiction
No Comments | Jun 11, 2019
-
Parallel Universes And God – Is There A Contradiction?
No Comments | Jul 28, 2017
-
Zombie Stars – Unusual Space Objects That Refuse To Die Despite Multiple Powerful Explosions
No Comments | Dec 16, 2017
-
First Pay Toilets Were Invented In Ancient Rome In 74 A.D.
No Comments | Jan 29, 2017
-
Mada’in Saleh: Magnificent Timeless Rock-Cut Tombs And Monuments In The Desert
No Comments | Jun 26, 2014
-
Blue Aurora On Jupiter Can Be Bigger Than The Size Of Earth
No Comments | Jan 25, 2017