It causes increased precipitation across the southern US during winter months, and impacts fishing near Peru and Chile.
This event is associated with a shift in the Walker Circulation, which allows warm water to disperse and disrupt the Humboldt Current. It causes increased precipitation across the southern US during winter months, and impacts fishing near Peru and Chile. For 10 points, name this phenomenon characterized by warmer than average water in the Eastern Pacific, whose name comes from the Spanish for "the little boy."
This event is associated with a shift in the Walker Circulation, which allows warm water to disperse and disrupt the Humboldt Current.
El {Niño}-Southern Oscillation