El Nino or La Nina

El Niño Predictions For Year 2004
El Niño and La Niña are the names given to the periodic warming and cooling of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean near the equator. More attention has been given to El Niño by current scientists than to its equally dreaded counterpart, La Niña. El Niño. The term was discovered by several people who were as simple and plain as you and I. Years ago, fishermen in Ecuador and Peru noticed that during some of their winters, the ocean became warmer than usual. When the ocean became warmer, the fishermen noticed that…