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    What is El Nino?

    Question #37058. Asked by summerbreeze10. (Aug 03 03 10:29 AM)


    rlaj

    		El Nino is the term used when the Pacific ocean heats up above its normal temp thus causing crazy weather changes in South and North America

    Aug 03 03, 10:45 AM
    Baloo55th

    		And the latest research suggests strongly that it is not caused by burning fossil fuels, etc. The ones on the 17th or 18th centuries (or something like then) were more frequent or worse. Called El Nino (The Child) because it shows up around Christmas.

    Aug 03 03, 3:46 PM
    Siskin

    		In the 1500s, fishermen who lived in South America began to wonder about a current of unusually warm water that came to their shore every few years near Christmastime. Since the fishermen believed in the birth of the Christ child at Christmas, and since they spoke Spanish, they named the hot water El Niño, which means "the infant" in Spanish.

    http://www.fi.edu/weather/nino/nino.html

    Aug 03 03, 5:10 PM

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