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What is El nino and La nina in Environmental science terms?
Ive take AP Environmental science but these two terms are the only things I still dont truly understand. Could you explain them to me.
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- cyswxmanLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
El Nino is the event in which the waters of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean become warmer than normal for a period of time, while La Nina is the opposite, with the waters in that area turning cooler than normal. This in turn affects weather patterns.
Source(s): I'm a meteorologist - Anonymous8 years ago
El Niño-an unusually warm ocean current, accompanied by heavy rains and flooding.
La Niña-weather phenomenon that includes unusually cold ocean temperatures that push warm surface water farther west than usual, creating the opposite effects of El Niño—drought where El Niño brought floods and floods where El Niño brought drought)
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