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El Niño southern oscillation
Weatherwatch: more El Niño events expected in future
New research in Nature Geoscience looks at coral records to show how the pattern of El Niño events has altered over the last four centuries.

El Niño, considered one of the most important climatic phenomena globally, involves a warming of the Pacific Ocean’s surface. The Spanish term for “The Boy”, referring to the infant Jesus, as El Niño’s effect may be most evident around Christmas. There are two types of El Niño, those in the eastern Pacific, close to South America, and those further out in the central Pacific.
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