You wrote, «Since the variations in the Nino 3.4 index are
indicative of the functioning
of one
of the Earth's major thermoregulating mechanisms, namely the giant El Nino / La Nina pump that magically materializes to move
warm tropical Pacific water to the poles whenever the
planet gets too hot and sweaty... then under what possible construction could the Nino 3.4 Index variations be called «noise»?»