According to the National Ocean Service, El Nio is a weather pattern that results from the Pacific Ocean's westward-moving tradewinds.
La Nia is the term used when the opposite happens.
"El Nino can have a range of impacts depending on its strength, such as increasing the risk of heavy rainfall .
"El Nino can have a range of impacts depending on its strength, such as increasing the risk of heavy rainfall .
"Climate change can exacerbate or mitigate certain impacts related to El Nino."
"El Nio de la Navidad," or "the little boy," was the original name of El Nio.
El Niño’s original name was “El Niño de la Navidad,” or “the little boy of Christmas,”.
“Climate change,” she said, “can exacerbate or mitigate certain impacts related to El Nino,” including breaking temperature records.