CLIMATE OF INDIA
EL NINO AND SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS
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because La Nina brings drought to these farming areas
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because La Nina brings needed rain to these farming areas
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because it brings rain and floods and there are many people in these areas
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La Nina does not really impact these areas like El Nino does
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Detailed explanation-1: -During La Niña, waters off the Pacific coast are colder and contain more nutrients than usual. This environment supports more marine life and attracts more cold-water species, like squid and salmon, to places like the California coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -This La Niña coupling of the atmosphere and ocean alters atmospheric circulation and can cause shifts in mid-latitude jet streams in ways that intensify rainfall in some regions and bring drought to others.
Detailed explanation-3: -In La Niña events stronger than average trade winds continue to push warm waters east, but also bring colder water to the surface. Typically, during a La Niña event, the weather will be drier and warmer in Southern California, while wetter and colder in areas like Northern California and Oregon.
Detailed explanation-4: -The global weather pattern known as La Niña, which typically ushers in dry conditions to California, has ended, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. This La Niña, which began in September 2020, was behind California’s very dry winters in 2021 and 2022.