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La Nina

la NEEN-ya
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The cooling phase of the same tropical Pacific sea surface temperature cycle El Nino names the warming phase of. La Nina events cause short term global surface cooling and, like El Nino, disrupt normal weather patterns, typically in roughly the opposite direction.

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Recurs irregularly, often but not always following an El Nino episode 1
Location
Tropical Pacific Ocean 1
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