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[+] -30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (16 children)

wtf is an El Niño?

ridiculous that this article that mentions the term like 30 times doesn't define it

edit: holy shit lmao i haven't been piled like this since I moved from reddit, I'm sorry for being one of today's unlucky 10k!! ahh!!!

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  • [–] 56 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    El Nino and its counterpart La Nina are a pair of hot(el nino) and cold patches that move around the Pacific Ocean

    https://www.britannica.com/science/El-Nino

    For North America, it typically means warmer than average temperatures and can mean increased rainfall.

    Also generally results in more cyclones/hurricanes in the Pacific and less in the Atlantic.

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  • [–] 40 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    It means "the boy". Does that help?

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I always heard it was Spanish for "the niño," but maybe you're right.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago

    the video in the article does a great job of explaining it, but of course not everybody can or wants to watch the video.

    the video said that El Niño is when the ocean between south american and australia heats up by at least 0.5ºC above long term averages, and can cause warmer weather over the next many months, in this case through the end of 2026 and into 2027. it said that they expect the average temp to be above 2ºC higher than long term averages. it also said that wildfire season in canada would not be affected by it, but wildfire season in australia, which is around december 2026, could be especially bad.

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  • [–] 40 points 4 months ago

    It’s the fifth paragraph…

    In order to be considered an El Niño, temperatures in that zone need to be 0.5 C above the average.

    And then five paragraphs later they even explain it more.

    El Niño and La Niña are part of a larger, natural cyclical cycle called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which occurs in a specific part of the Pacific Ocean.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Get an archived copy before this administration removes it. Can't have the populace more informed than their leader.

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