El Niño is one side of the climatic coin called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. How El Niño affects the planetNo two El Niño events are exactly alike, though we’ve seen enough of them that forecasters have a pretty good idea of what’s likely to happen. The problem with marine heat wavesA marine heat wave is just that: a “wave” of extreme heat in the ocean, not dissimilar to an atmospheric heat wave on land. Where El Niño fits inIn the climate system, El Niño is king. Along the U.S. West Coast during El Niño, surface winds that normally blow from the north tend to subside.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2023 08:08 UTC