Showing posts with label El Niño/La Niña Cycles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label El Niño/La Niña Cycles. Show all posts
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020
El Niño Impacts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | California Academy of ...
For several reasons, what happens in the Pacific Ocean has influences on North and South America and the Atlantic Ocean that we probably don't yet fully understand.
Among these:
1). Oceans store a great deal of heat (and release it gradually).
2). The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceans.
3). Do we fully know the effects of the submarine volcanoes and rift zones in the Pacific Ocean, vis-à-vis El Niño/La Niña? Probably not.
4). All of the Jet Streams (Northern and Southern) "blow" from West to East.
Friday, February 7, 2020
California Is Sinking — and Now Could Flood | KQED Newsroom
As California's weather (and climate, over the long term) is influenced by its close proximity to the Pacific Ocean, a better understanding of El Niño/La Niña Cycles and California's climate history, would be useful in assessing the wisdom of some of the past decisions we have made, in regard to agriculture, water, and improved fire prevention tactics, e.g., reduction of fuel loads.
As covered in the video, this does not bode well for damage to roads, bridges, canals, near-surface pipelines, powerline support structures, ...
As covered in the video, this does not bode well for damage to roads, bridges, canals, near-surface pipelines, powerline support structures, ...
Saturday, February 1, 2020
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