El Nino exerts powerful control on Earth's climate ... which are balanced by cooler waters upwelling from below. Because the thermocline and cold waters below it are closer to the surface in ...

with more cold upwelling and drier conditions on the eastern Pacific. During El Nino, those trade winds aren't as strong, so some of that warm surface water rushes back. We then see more rising ...

This page contains information on El Niño, La Niña ... a process that enhances the upwelling of frigid water off the western coast of South America. Summer weather during a La Niña is often ...

During an El Niño pattern, trade winds typically shift ... Trade winds blow warmer waters toward Asia, allowing a process known as “upwelling” to bring cooler water to the ocean’s surface.