El Niño–Southern Oscillation Caused the Spike in 2023 Temperatures, New Study Found (IMAGE)
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El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or “ENSO” for short. The pattern shifts back and forth irregularly every two to seven years, bringing predictable changes in ocean temperature and disrupting the normal wind and rainfall patterns across the tropics. These changes in the seasonal climate of the world's biggest ocean have a cascade of global side effects.
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