which are known as El Niño events. This weather pattern happens every two to seven years. And it can have drastic effects around the world, especially in South America says Andrea Devis ...

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especially in South America, says Andrea Devis, an oceanographer in Bogotá's Rosario University. "During El Niño, we have a lot of rain along the Pacific [coast]," she says. "But on the other ...

South America has been hit especially hard by what Crane calls the “one-two punch of El Niño plus global warming.” Here are five of the ways El Niño has been impacting the continent.

Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb ... and a research brief titled "Impact of the 2015-2016 El Nino on South American tropical forests." ...

Climate change and El Niño are the main forces behind spiking temperatures across South America, raising questions about countries’ preparedness for extreme climate events as well as about the ...

Parts of South America are sweltering under abnormally hot temperatures – despite being in the depths of winter – as the combination of human-caused climate change and the arrival of El Niño ...

In 2015-2016, the result was exceptionally hot weather for South America. A similar event is ... brief titled “Impact of the 2015-2016 El Nino on South American tropical forests”.

Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon ... found that in 2015–2016, when an El Niño climate event resulted in drought and the hottest temperatures ever recorded ...