what do you think about el-nino?
607904
I think El Nino is indicated by warm waters over the  Pacific off the coast of America near the Equator. I think La Nina is in dicated by cool water over the same.
249380
definitely. it's practically the one part of global warming scientists agree on.\nover the next century, we will see the oceans warming and thus expanding (sadly flooding places like Venice), also the polar ice caps melting (once again, not good. they keep the earth cool...see a vicious cycle?), not to mention serious climate change and animals migrating to the north to keep cool. it's already happening...yikes!
116177
The ocean currents are a major factor in the climate of this planet. Many regions experience weather patterns and temperatures that are related primarily to the effect of ocean currents. Other weather patterns like hurricanes and El Niño events are also strongly affected by ocean currents.\n\nOcean currents in the Northern Hemisphere circulate in clockwise patterns around the basins. These are known as gyres. The Gulf Stream which moves northward up the western side of the Atlantic Ocean basin is responsible for moderating and warming the climate of Ireland, England, and northern Europe. The equatorial currents that move westward across the Pacific Ocean are an intrinsic part of the climate patterns known as El Niño and the Southern Oscillation. This climate pattern effects North and South America, Australia, India, eastern Asia, and even parts of Africa. Even Western Europe can statistically relate flooding events to El Niño. In years when El Niño is active hurricanes in the Atlantic have been found to be less active. \nhttp://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/\n\nOne scientist proposed that sub sea eruptions along the East Pacific Rise might be creating large volumes of rising heated water that would periodically mess up the ocean currents and cause the changes of weather patterns associated with El Niño/Southern Oscillation events. Another scientist attempting to verify this discovered that the El Niño events actually precede swarms of seismic activity in that area, and suggested the El Niño may actually be triggering the sub sea volcanic eruptions by slight changes in sea level and water pressure over the mid-ocean ridges. \nhttp://ess.geology.ufl.edu/usra_esse/ENSO_Oceans.html\n\nAnother important ocean current circulates deep in the oceans and actually moves through each of the world’s oceans in a continuous slow-moving belt known as the Conveyor. This is driven by cold, salty, North Atlantic water that sinks and moves southward to the Antarctic, where it moves eastward into the Pacific, and then northward to the North Pacific, where it turns and moves back through the Indian Ocean and toward the North Atlantic again.  It is estimated that if the Conveyer were to shut down, the North Atlantic region would be 20 degrees F. colder within ten years, and much of Europe would have a climate more like northern Norway has today.\nhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/23/11/13.html
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We won't know for sure for a while, but we can speculate.\n\nGlobal warming primarily affects stom cycles, sea level and salinity, average temperature, etc. So think about how all those things could affect some animals.\n\nAlso note that not all animals will be affected, since some are more adaptive than others.
995225
I have a feeling it is not going to be as intense this year, compared to last year. Still tho, if I were in in the Gulf region, I would take the normal hurricane season precautions, such as stocking up on water, non-perishables, batteries, and plywood.
1082824
There better be some more summer around here, at least for the weekend. The baby will be 1 year old on Sunday and he IS having a party and his friends WILL be outside and we WILL be able to chuck the kids in the paddling pool. It was nice this time last year only this time last year, I was 9 months pregnant and it was not enjoyable. It would be very rude if the weather was bad this weekend. Well I know summer oficially starts June 21st(solstice) but that's the longest day so that means the days will start to get shorter after that.\nBut because I am Evil, I will chuck the kids outside anyway even if it's thundery. I like thunder and storms and stuff, they can just bloody well like it too.
629404
Right now in my city you can find the four seasons in just one day !!!!   lol  , well, that’s too much, but what I mean is that we don’t have the same weather all day long:  from 12-6 AM we have a very cold morning (36-50 F), then the sun begins to rise and the day is kind of hot (68-80 F). At 19 hours (more or less) the clouds come to say hello and give us 1 or sometimes 2 hours of rain, after that we have a comfortable temperature (62- 73 F) but with some humidity in the air.\nBy the way, I live in Puebla, Mexico
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Here's some links, good luck!\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhHWdeLO0gsDC5g4rR8QZpvsy6IX?qid=1006040214948\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Nino
235643
If you are talking about world weather, then el nino is a sudden change of temperature that raises the global climate by a couple of degrees which then alters many other natural occurances, and a small one would be when it only raises about 2-5 degrees.......and well if it is spanish then it just means small little child
59373
I just like warm temperatures! I've grown up with them and I've never liked snow! Snow is such a hastle. With warm temperatures you can go out and play golf on Christmas and if it's snowing U have to stay indoors. For example, here in california we were able to see elephant seals mating because it's warn and we're on the northern hemisphere.\nSo..I want/am having a winter filled with warm temperatures.
966258
We will have a mild winter,but not as warm as January 2006.Last year\nit was so mild we hardly even had a winter.
623296
do u mean el niño and la niña?\n\nthey're weather phenomena\n\nel niño is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical pacific having important consequences for weather and climate around the globe\n\nla niña is associated with cooler than normal water temperatures in the equatorial pacific ocean
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Typically the most reliable source which is used by NOAA and the Weather Channel along with the governments to determine the answer to this question is the forecast by Colorado State University's Dr. William Gray. He is presently handing over the reins to Phil Klotzbach who has worked with him for five years preparing the forecasts.\n\nFrom the April 2006 forecast\nInformation obtained through March 2006 continues to indicate that the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be much more active than the average 1950-2000 season.  We estimate that 2006 will have about 9 hurricanes (average is 5.9), 17 named storms (average is 9.6), 85 named storm days (average is 49.1), 45 hurricane days (average is 24.5), 5 intense (Category 3-4-5) hurricanes (average is 2.3) and 13 intense hurricane days (average is 5.0).  The probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is estimated to be about 55 percent above the long-period average.  We expect Atlantic basin Net Tropical Cyclone (NTC) activity in 2006 to be about 195 percent of the long-term average.  This early April forecast is based on a newly devised extended range statistical forecast procedure which utilizes 52 years of past global reanalysis data. Analog predictors are also utilized. We have maintained our forecast from our early December prediction as the Atlantic Ocean, although cooling slightly with respect to climatology, remains anomalously warm and central and eastern tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures anomalies have continued to cool.  Currently, weak La Niña conditions are observed.  We expect either neutral or weak La Niña conditions to be present during the upcoming hurricane season.
634939
One thing is for certain with weather, if you have a cold year, there will always be a colder one at some time in the future, if you have a dry year, there will always be dryer year and so on. But in aggregate, weather will look the same a thousand years into the future. Let me explain why. \n\nThe earth cannot over heat because the oceans which make up more than 75% of the earth's surface regulate the temperature of the planet similar to the way sweating regulates the temperature of the body. As the temperature of the earth tries to increase from say Greenhouse gases such as CO2 or CH4..., the amount of water in the atmosphere increases as a result of ocean evaporation.\n\nThis evaporation puts a larger amount of warm water vapor and energy into the atmosphere but at the same time cools the planet to regulate its temperature. In years where the temperature is trying to heat the earth, we will see more violent storms--Hurricanes, tornados, cyclones, etc. But we will not see the temperature rise significantly--more than a few degrees and then it will cool back within normal variation. When the oceans evaporate, the evaporation absorbs energy--this is called the latent heat of vaporization--this energy is later dissipated as storm energy. \n\nSo with that being said, it is not possible to over heat the earth even though some try to say that global warming is doing it. It cannot be overheated. The converse of this however is not true; the earth can cool down and in fact could suffer another ice age if we had a significant event like a volcanic eruption on the scale of the Yellowstone eruption that occurred millions of years ago. If the suns rays would be blocked for any length of time, we could have another Ice Age. Fortunately, the core of the earth is cooling and violent eruptions have a much lower probability of occurrence. Hope this helps. With all this said, we must be good stewards or our planet and sustainability is the future buzz word to watch. Lets leave the planet better off than when we found it.
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water temperature is a biggie..and more recently..since they've been collecting data on hurricanes for around 30 years now...they're using trend maps to try to see any kind of pattern in Hurricane occurances each year\n\nthere are "ups" and "downs" when it comes to the numbers of hurricanes each year..and this up/down period lasts for several years...we are currently in one of hte "up" periods..and using that past history..correlated with water temperatures off the coast of africa and the location/temperature of the jet stream..its fairly safe to assume a good number..due to large amounts of moisture down there..and the always predictable convective activity (what starts hurricanes..a lifting force that gets the clouds to build)
228342
definately I enjoy watching the sky and sunset.  And if it is like 80 degrees i LOVE a nice slow breeze. You are definately not wierd. And in fact when I wrote this a storm is coming n and I might just go out.
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The Galapagos Archipelago was affected by the El Niño phenomenon between June 1997 and June 1998. The ongoing compilation of scientific results is showing a wide range of both negative effects and positive impacts that the increased rainfall and warmer water temperatures had on Galapagos flora and fauna. \n\nDuring the phenomenon most of the marine species populations decreased significantly. Terrestrial flora and fauna was flourishing with the plentiful rainfall, with abundant vegetation and food for land birds and reptiles. Now, the marine species are showing signs of recovery thanks to the return of nutrient-rich cold waters. \n\nSome species of algae were drastically decreased during the phenomenon (e.g. the green algae (Ulva lactuca) which serves as food for marine iguanas and crabs). The brown algae (Hincksia mitchellae) increased considerably and might have been one of the causes of death among marine iguanas. Due to the lack of green algae, marine iguanas were feeding on these brown algae instead, which is unfortunately toxic to them. On North Seymour there may have been a loss of 90% of the marine iguanas. The green algae are now coming back, and so are the iguanas. \n\nThe sealions suffered badly from the El Niño phenomenon. 90% of the pups born in 1997 and 67% of the dominant males died from starvation. Their basic food is sardines, which were absent during the phenomenon. The sea lion colonies are slowly increasing now.\n\nThe coral live in symbiosis with an alga that disappeared during the phenomenon. The coral is still alive, but as a consequence 70-80% were bleached. This process is reversible, and since the algae are reappearing, they are pigmenting the corals.\n\nThe Galapagos penguins were severely affected by the phenomenon. The population was decreased by 65% because of the lack of food. The penguins stopped mating, which can be explained by the fact that they don't nest when the water temperature is higher than 23oC. The situation became worse as rats ate the penguin eggs and chicks. The need of a rat eradication program is urgent!\n\nCormorants were not affected by the phenomenon, but other seabirds were, notably the boobies. Unsuccessful breeding was their biggest problem, caused by the nests being filled with rainwater and stressed adults having to go further to seek food. The seabirds are nesting and breeding again and some species already have chicks. Land birds, like Darwin's finches, the Galapago dove, owls and hawks have all been flourishing during the phenomenon due to the abundance of food. \n\nSharks and a lot of fish disappeared from their normal ranges and were found at unusual depths, probably due to the higher water temperatures in their usual habitat. Now, the animals are coming back to their normal range again. Both hammerhead and Galapagos white-tipped sharks are easy to find while diving. \n\nOne of the biggest concerns during an El Niño phenomenon is the establishment and dispersal of exotic species. Conditions are perfect for many of the introduced species and thrive in the wet conditions that provide an abundance of food. New species have been reported, and an increase in rat and mouse populations as well. This could cause a permanent ecological change in the Galapagos Archipelago.\n\nIn conclusion, we can say that the species affected during El Niño 1997-98 are now returning to their normal populations and behavior patterns. Exactly how long it will take is impossible to determine. However, it is still possible to see and experience many of these incredible species when you come to visit the Galapagos!