Currents of change

Scientists have recently come to recognize that some of the widely dispersed climatic extremes affecting the earth might have a common origin in the phenomena of El Niño--the periodic warming of sea surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. This book explains in simple terms what El Nino is, how its effects might be forecast and its far reaching impacts on all of us. - Publisher.

First sentence: "Every year there are extreme climate-related problems around the globe, with droughts occurring in some places and floods, fires or frosts in others."

Year

1996

Language

English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

1

Pages

266

ISBN

9780521786720

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