Understanding El Nio and La Nia

Normal conditions:
upwelling off the coast of Peru,
warm water piled up in the Western Pacific

Strong upwelling

Normal conditions:
upwelling off the coast of Peru,
warm water piled up in the Western Pacific

Normal conditions

o conditions:
ce current reversed, pushing warm water toward the Eastern
lling repressed Unusually warm water across Equatorial Pa

o conditions:
ce current reversed, pushing warm water toward the Eastern
lling repressed Unusually warm water across Equatorial Pa

La Nia: Stronger trade Winds than normal,

causing a strong upwelling of cold water in the Eastern Pa

Developing La Nia after an El Nio

Declared El Nio related disasters, 1998

neral: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/climatechange1/11_1.s
alth effects :https://apps.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact192.html
heries disruptions,,Seabirds, marine mammals:
p://www.elnino.noaa.gov/impacts.html