The El Nino Phenomenon - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 8

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-03T11:54:13Z
dc.date.available2019-08-03T11:54:13Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionPlaces as far apart as Australia and North America, Peru and India are affected by recurrent climatic anomalies known as El Niño. Originating in the Pacific region, El Niño effects a reversal in the direction of winds and ocean currents, and changes in ocean temperature between Indonesia and the Pacific coir South America. These climatic changes regularly result in torrential rain and floods in the Pacific coastal countries of South America. Further from the epicentre of these disturbances, El Niño's climatic effects are less predictable, bid equally destructive.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29133
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number39 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectnatural disaster
dc.subjectforest fire
dc.subjectglobal warming
dc.subjectLand
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.subject.themedisasters
dc.subject.themelegislation
dc.subject.themeconflict
dc.subject.themeenvironmental policy
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.titleThe El Nino Phenomenon - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 8en
dc.typeCommunication or other resource

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