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El Niqo: Understanding And Predicting Via Our Current Technology

1996
El Niqo warms and raises the waters only slightly, yet it is enough to devastate the entire fishing industry of Peru. Learn what El Niqo is and how scientists are eager to discover the reasons behind the changes it causes in temperature and precipitation patterns. The ability to predict El Niqo's effects could help prevent the loss of billions of dollars caused by the droughts and floods that it produces.