The researchers found that Mount Pinatubo's eruption still kept much of the world dry, even after taking into consideration the drying effects of El Niño
an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific.
Not exact matches
El Niño is an
abnormal periodic
warming of surface ocean water off the Pacific coast
of South America.
The coincidence
of this area loss and a 30 square kilometer loss in 2008 with
abnormal warmth this year, the setting
of increasing sea
surface temperatures and sea ice decline are all part
of a climate
warming pattern.