El Niño’s Remote Control on Hurricanes in the Northeastern Pacific

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This map shows the tracks of all Tropical cyclones in the Northeast Pacific Ocean from 1980 to 2005. Image source: wikimedia

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El Niño peaks in winter and its surface ocean warming occurs mostly along the equator. However, months later, El Niño events affect the formation of intense hurricanes in the Northeastern Pacific basin, not along the equator. Scientists have now revealed what’s behind “remote control…”

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