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"El Nino and it's effects on coral reefs" What is El nino and how does it affect the ocean?

... El Nino has any affect on the reproduction of these important ocean species. The final area of biological research is the effects of El Nino on sea birds. This area of ...

(6 pages) 115 1 4.5 04/Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

Coral bleaching

... cause of coral bleaching around the world, such as -the effects of el Nino and la Nina events -global warming and its effects ... in air temperature -decrease in air temperature -build up of carbon dioxide and methane gases -exposure to increased ultraviolet ...

(4 pages) 35 0 2.5 14/Oct/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

Kenya: Climate Report

... in the frequency of El Nino conditions, which bring intense floods and droughts. During the 1997-1998 El Nino cholera epidemics occurred ... of this area. The Effects of Global Warming in Kenya Worldwide, global warming is expected to increase the levels of ...

(6 pages) 25 0 5.0 05/Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology

Drought: A Silent Killer.

... of a drought. They carefully monitor rainfall patterns, soil moisture and the flow of streams. The understanding of El Nino ...

(5 pages) 34 0 4.0 30/Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Disasters, speaks of the study of hurricanes

... hurricanes from not being formed. One of them is El Nino. This is a warm-water pattern of the coast of Peru. It does not happen ... between early season and late season hurricanes and how they effect the variable that were mentioned earlier in the paper. I ...

(10 pages) 146 0 2.3 06/Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology

Oceanography as viewed from space

... because it gives information about the phenomena, El Nino. Figure 1 is a picture of how the Topex/Poseidon works. Figure 1 ... all of this scientists are able to determine the heights of the oceans, able to predict weather patterns and the effects on the ...

(5 pages) 43 0 5.0 03/Jan/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction.

... such as volcanoes, El Nino, solar flares, etc. They state that models do not do a good job of handling rudimentary atmospheric ... of approximately 23,000 years. Each of these cycles by itself may not have a noticeable effect, but taken together, the effects ...

(6 pages) 303 0 4.3 06/May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Global Warming

... warm for comfort. Drought is the norm in parts of Asia and Africa. El Nino events, which trigger devastating weather in the eastern ... Report). These are the great extremes of global warming. In order for people to feel the effects of global warming, it won't ...

(12 pages) 46 0 4.0 08/Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Australian Geography

... of seasonal variations in the air pressure difference between Tahiti and Darwin. Sustained negative values of the SOI are often linked to the onset of an El nino ...

(3 pages) 23 1 4.0 21/Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

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