may not only revert to their usual
condition but actually swing to the
opposite, creating counter consequences to the outcomes of El
Nino. When this happens the sea
temperature cools even more than
normal, thus creating a very cold
sea surface temperature, which in
turn has a range of effects rather
like El Nino but in different places.
For instance, parts of Australia and
Indonesia are prone to drought
during El Nino, but are typically
wetter than normal during La Nina.
Some cool/warm facts about the
Nins
Both terms refer to large-scale
changes in sea-surface temperature (SST) across the central and
eastern tropical Pacific
El Nino and La Nina are extreme
phases of a naturally occurring
climate cycle referred to as the El
Nino Southern Oscillation
(ENSO)
SSTs are used to measure the
state of the ocean and E