What is el nino effect explain how it accounts for biodiversity loss?
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El nino is the name given to wind currents blowing in a specific direction. Due to global warming the El Niño effect causes less rainfall on land. This leads lo large number of wildfires that in turn harm biodiversity.
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● El Nino effect :
El Nino is referred to as a weather phenomenon which causes severe atmospheric and oceanic disturbance in the Pacific Ocean every 7 to 14 years.
It is called El Nino, a spanish word meaning 'the Child', because it usually appears near the Christmas season. Warm surface water flow from the central Pacific towards eastern Pacific during this period.
■ El Nino - A biodiversity hazard :
El Ninos have a great potential in damaging the biodiversity on a global scale, as they may cause floods and mudslides in Latin America.
They also cause month-long drought in Southeast Asia and Australia through man-lit Borneo forest fires. This paves a way for deeper environmental damage with increased emission and biodiversity loss
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