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

dc.contributorEcosystems Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-03T11:54:13Z
dc.date.available2019-08-03T11:54:13Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/29133
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_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGEen_US
dc.subjectDROUGHTen_US
dc.subjectDROUGHT-STRICKEN AREASen_US
dc.subjectFOREST FIRESen_US
dc.subjectEL NIÑO CURRENTen_US
dc.titleThe El Nino Phenomenon - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 8en_US
dc.typeReports and Booksen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Actionen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Landen_US
wd.tagsLanden_US
wd.topicsClimate changeen_US
wd.topicsDisasters & conflictsen_US
wd.topicsEnvironment under reviewen_US
wd.topicsEnvironmental governanceen_US
wd.topicsForestsen_US
wd.topicsOceans & seasen_US
wd.topicsWateren_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber39 p.en_US


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