'Flavors' of El Niño (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

'Flavors' of El Niño

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El Niño, the periodic eastern Pacific phenomenon credited with shielding the United States and Caribbean from severe hurricane seasons, may be overshadowed by its brother in the central Pacific due to global warming, according to an article in the journal Nature.

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