El Nino
- Created by: Hester4
- Created on: 29-01-17 16:16
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- Le Nino
- 1. Humboldt current doesn't appear due to a warming of ocean surface temperature (by about 10C).
- No nutrient rich upwelling = fewer fish for peruvian fishermen.
- 2. El Nino lasts for aprox. 18 months from when it started.
- Happens aprox. once every four years. Scientists don't know why.
- The atmosphere is stirred up by the El Nino causing changes across the entire Pacific.
- 3. La Nina
- Is like an extreme Humboldt Current.
- Normal conditions return.
- 1. Humboldt current doesn't appear due to a warming of ocean surface temperature (by about 10C).
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