A list of puns related to "El Niño–Southern Oscillation"
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Is the alleged quasi-periodic fluctuation in sea surface temperature and atmospheric pressure anomalies across the Equatorial Pacific another example of "fake news"? Could the apparent teleconnections of ENSO anomalies with extreme precipitation events in diverse areas of the globe be a dastardly hoax perpetrated by the Chinese? If so, who should we bomb next?
I understand the basic mechanisms of sea surface and air temperature changes affecting rainfall on either side of the Pacific, but I want to know why the Pacific has an oscillation to begin with. Why does is oscillate rather than remain fairly even on both sides. My quick internet searches turn up very little, and while I'm able to read scientific papers on the matter, I don't exactly enjoy it. Is it just one of those things were we go "not sure, probably a wide range of factors so small and complex that we can't really pin it down" or? Thanks :)
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