• Question: Will El Nino ever stop happening?

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      Asked by DeltaWolf to Gabriel, Cat?, Helena on 17 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by SAMARAS IS AWESOME AND CA, JD, Gibby.
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        Cat Scott ? answered on 17 Mar 2016:

        Hi DeltaWolf,

        No I don’t think so, if anything scientists think that climate change will make El Ninos more intense in the future.

        There may be the same total number of El Ninos but their effects will be more extreme, e.g. more rainfall / flooding in Peru, Ecuador and Chile. ☔ ☔ ☔

        However, scientists still don’t fully understand the underlying mechanisms causing the change in wind patterns that causes an El Nino (or La Nina, which is the opposite) to happen – so I don’t think we can say for certain what will happen.

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        Helena Quilter answered on 18 Mar 2016:

        Good answer, Cat! The El Niño and La Niña cycles are really hard to predict – no one really knows what will happen with them.

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