Geography • World GeographyHard
In climatology, the atmospheric phenomenon known as El Nino is characterized by abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in which specific region of the Pacific Ocean?
A. North-Western Pacific near Japan
B. Equatorial Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean✓ Correct Answer
C. South-Western Pacific near Australia
D. North-Eastern Pacific near Alaska
💡 Solution & Explanation
El Nino involves the periodic warming of sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, disrupting atmospheric pressure patterns and influencing global weather phenomena such as monsoons in India. La Nina represents the contrasting cooling phase. These oscillations form part of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation cycle.
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