Temperature variation in Pacific ocean in present time is called …

MCQ

Temperature variation in Pacific ocean in present time is called as:

A
Cyclone effect
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$El$ Nino effect
C
Green house effect
D
None of the above

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Answer

Correct option: B.

$El$ Nino effect

Every few years unusually warm currents occur in the South Pacific Ocean of South America. This rise in temperature is due to $El$ axation of the trade winds, that move the ocean waters throughout the globe. Without the trade winds, the surface waters rate of evaporation declines and heat loss slows.
With the cooling of the South Pacific disrupted, unusually high temperatures occur along the coastal shores of Chile all the way up to Ecuador. $El$ Nino is periodic increase in temperature, which fluctuates from a small increase in temperature.

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