El Niño

Definition

El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which can cause significant changes in weather patterns worldwide.

Related terms

La Niña: The opposite of El Niño, characterized by cooler-than-normal ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

Climate Change: Long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns caused by human activities, which can interact with natural climate phenomena like El Niño.

Drought: A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall that can be influenced by El Niño events.