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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!!!
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.
thank you for being helpful, not sure why the jimbobs were so flustered at this one lol
It’s the fifth paragraph…
And then five paragraphs later they even explain it more.
Neither of those quotes explain what it is. They just explain how El Nino is defined and that it's part of a "cyclical cycle(?)"
My layman's understanding is that one makes summers wetter with more severe storms and the other makes it drier during summer.
Those are the effects of the cycle. But those definitions are literally exactly what they are. El Niño is when the pacific is °0.5c above average
It means "the boy". Does that help?
I always heard it was Spanish for "the niño," but maybe you're right.
You guys have had your fun. No need to be rude to someone who doesn't know.
El niño was one of the ships Columbus sailed to the Americas. El Niño, Piñata, and Santa Claus.
RIP Chris Farley
uhhh, perchance.
To dream?
I'm wondering where in the world you live to have somehow managed to get through life dodging El Niño. Not only does the world discuss it every few years because of the cycle, it's something everyone understands because it's taught in schools.
If I hadn't lived in America for 4 years (and my sister having to do a presentation on it), this last year would be the only time it has crossed my radar.
El Nino has (imo) always been an Americas thing. I don't think it has ever been significant enough to touch the news cycle in the UK.
And even now, I don't know if my awareness has picked it up due to the UK news cycle or due to the US-centralism of so many social media sites.
Might not be an American and have more interest in non-weather things.
As an American who spends more time outside than in, I find it odd how we think we are the center of the News and the definition of schools.
I don’t think El Niño is America centric. That weather cycle affects most of the world.
Check out American Defaultism. It's what you're describing.
But back onto the cycle...
America cops it. Their droughts and hurricane seasons are literally fuelled by the cycle .Hell, the last bad event a Need For Speed car was named after it.
Countries far north or south of the equatorial line obviously it's less, as with the West Indian and Mediterranean, but even then, itheyre still impacted pretty bad in their own way.
I dunno, I've lived around this planet a lot and even in Iceland it's common knowledge.
Its a very common phenomenon so that's probably why they didn't define it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93Southern_Oscillation?wprov=sfla1
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.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html
Get an archived copy before this administration removes it. Can't have the populace more informed than their leader.
This focuses more on the effects on Australia, but this shouldn't be removed-
https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/learn-and-explore/climate-knowledge-centre/climate-factors/el-nino-and-la-nina
https://youtu.be/IvmeUStFvz8
I'm guessing you are either pretty young or a result of the American education system?
Calm down dude, it’s a very common term for a sort of “climate cycle” that alternates with “La Niña” years.
If you’re so pressed that you can write an overly aggressive comment, then you can look it up too.
I'm plenty calm and not a dude.
and another thing, I'm actually allowed to write whatever comment I want and not look up anything I don't want.
https://media.tenor.com/U0_G_uk4Z8UAAAPo/rihanna-as.mp4
So what, you’re not human? Dude is gender neutral, dude.