Science Common Sense

1568 - What is the influence of interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean on weather and climate change, such as El Niño?

Imagine the atmosphere and oceans as two big friends who talk to each other. When they interact, it affects the weather and climate.

Here's how: The sun heats up the ocean, which makes water evaporate into the air. This air rises, creating clouds and rainfall. The atmosphere then cools down, and this cool air moves to other places, changing the weather.

Now, about El Niño: It's like a big change in the conversation between the atmosphere and the oceans. Normally, winds blow from east to west, pushing warm water to the western Pacific Ocean. But during an El Niño event, these winds weaken or even reverse. This makes the warm water move to the eastern Pacific Ocean instead, causing big changes in the weather.

El Niño can cause:

It's like a big ripple in the conversation between the atmosphere and the oceans that affects the whole world's weather.

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