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El Nino southern oscillation

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Noun1.El Nino southern oscillation - a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
El Nino - (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
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The El Nino Southern Oscillation is a global-scale climate phenomenon characterized by changes in sea surface temperatures.
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Droughts in Australia are caused by, and have always been caused by, the activity of the El Nino Southern Oscillation - ELSO.
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The general increasing sea surface temperatures and levels when combined with the increasing strength and severity of such shorter-term climate effects as the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have led to unusually high tides and more powerful storms, the duration and strength of which have increased by about 50% over the last three decades.
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