1 The El Nino ("little boy" in Spanish) that pounded the globe between the summers of 1997 and 1998 was in some measure the most destructive in this century. Worldwide damage estimates exceed ￡ 20 billion--not to mention the human death toll caused by resulting droughts, floods and bush...
El Nino — or "the little boy" in Spanish — is widely recognized as the warming of the sea surface temperature, which occurs every few years. An El Nino event is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5 degrees Celsius above the long-term average....
El Nino/La Nina What is El Nino? From NOAA website El Nino was originally recognized by fishermen off the coast of South America as the appearance of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean, occurring near the beginning of the year. El Nino means The Little Boy or Christ child in ...
El Niño — or "the little boy" in Spanish — marks the unusual warming of the surface waters in the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean. It is a naturally occurring climate pattern which takes place on average every two to seven years. The effects of El Niño tend to peak duri...
The name El Niño, from the Spanish for “the little boy,” refers to the Christ child, because the phenomenon is usually noticed around Christmas time in the Pacific Ocean, where a warm current was observed around the area along the Peruvian coast. La Niña, similarly, means “the litt...
s a phenomenon that has been repeating itself for thousands of years, with irregular cadences: the interval between one episode and the next can range from 2 to 7 years, with an average of 5 years. In Spanish, El Niño means "The Little Boy": it’s named after the Baby Jesus ...
You may laugh it off if someone told you that extreme weather disasters were actually a child’s tricks. But El Nino, meaning "little boy" in Spanish, could be about to cause trouble. A recent statement from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned of a strong El Nino...
El Niño, which in Spanish means “little boy,” is the opposite of the La Niña, or “little girl,” climate pattern. During the last major El Niño event in October 2015, above-average sea surface temperatures were found in places shown in orange and red. ...
Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to "A Child Called "It,"" reveals the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Tears, laughter, devastation, and hope create the journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one thing--the love of a family.Dave Pelzer...
1WhatwillElNinobringtous?Itblowshot.Itblowscold.Itbringsfireandrain.Itbringsdroughtsandfloods.2WhatdoesElNinomean(意意思）inSpanish?InSpanish,ElNinois“TheLittleBoy“,or“ChristChild“.3Whatwillhappen(发生）发生）发生whenElNinocomes?Whenitcomes,thewateroftheseanearPeruwillbecomewarmer.4Whatplacedid...