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What causes Tropical Cyclones?
Sea surface temperatures above 26 degrees
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What causes La Nina?
Below average sea surface temperatures
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What causes El Nino?
Above average sea surface temperatures
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What causes anticyclones?
Drought
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What causes an ENSO?
El Nino/La Nina
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What causes local coastal flooding?
Storm surges
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What causes landslides?
Intensive rainfall events
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What causes rising sea level?
Global Warming
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What enhances the Greenhouse Effect?
Rising levels of atmospheric CO2
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Over 40 years, what have prolonged periods of droughts accelerated in Sahel?
Famine
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How many people have died from drought disasters in Africa since 1970?
1 million people
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What causes La Nina?

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Below average sea surface temperatures

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What causes El Nino?

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What causes anticyclones?

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What causes an ENSO?

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