1. The El Nio climate phenomenon, which has been blamed for widespread droughts in southern Africa, Australia and south-east Asia appears to be over. 2. Aggravated this year by El Nino, the global climate change phenomenon, fires raged out of control for months and caused massive pollution and respiratory problems. 3. El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that develops in the tropical Pacific Ocean every two to seven years. 4. It was Peruvian and Ecuadorian fisherman who named the warm ocean climate phenomenon El Nino, which is Spanish for the Christ child, because it occurred around Christmas. 5. Scientists tracking the major El Nino climate phenomenon Wednesday spelled out where the weather disasters it spawns will hit hardest. 6. The Baby is a days-old sea lion, one of hundreds of animals Brito is saving from the climate phenomenon. 7. U.S. climate experts say a weak version of the El Nino climate phenomenon may be forming in the Pacific Ocean. |