El Nino's 'remote control' on hurricanes in the Northeastern Pacific
Manoa HI (SPX) Dec 05, 2014 - El Nino, the abnormal warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, is a well-studied tropical climate phenomenon that occurs every few years. It has major impacts on society and Earth's climate - inducing intense droughts and floods in multiple regions of the globe. Further, scientists have observed that El Nino greatly influences the yearly variations of tropical cyclones (a ... more

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