El Niño is a recurring climate pattern characterized by the unusual surface heating of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. It is part of a larger cycle known as ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation).
What is El Nino effect?
Asked in Agriculture Development Officer 2021 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (Extreme Weather Events and Climate Variability)
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Answer: A. It is an abnormal weather pattern caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean near the equat‐ or
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