El Nino Flashcards

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What is El Nino

A

Its is also called of Little Boy or Christ child.

It is warming of waters in central and eastern Pacific causing the change in wind directions.

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How many months its affets stays usually

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9 to 12 months

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When did we last see El Nino

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In 2014-15

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What impact did it have and how

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El Nino of 2014-15 had impacts like release of 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.

1 El Nino also causes high temp so forest fire so more co2
2 El Nino stops growth of amazon forest due to drought so less co2 will be absorbed

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