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EL NI\u00d1O VS. LA NI\u00d1A. These two photos show the difference between the changes in climate. (Photo 1 by Vic Alhambra of Philippine Star, Photo 2 by Nonie Reyes of World Bank.)<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You may have heard these two words being constantly used in weather reports, but do you know that they are two very different things? Read on now to learn about what these two are all about, and why you should know about these two things.<\/span><\/p>\n El Ni\u00f1o vs. La Ni\u00f1a<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a are two terms used for changes in global climate system. Simply put, both terms are total opposite. These two climate cycles are both parts of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system which is called the El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation or the ENSO cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n According to gov.ph, El Ni\u00f1o is the \u201cunusual warming in the Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific.\u201d Occurring in the Pacific basin every 2 to 9 years, it usually starts between December to February. When the temperature reaches 0.5\u02daC or higher for at least \u201c5 consecutive overlapping 3-month seasons,\u201d that is when El Ni\u00f1o is known to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n In the Philippines, several factors determine when El Ni\u00f1o arrives. This includes the delayed start of the rainy season, early termination of the rainy season, and weak monsoon and tropical cyclone activity such as fewer tropical cyclones entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).<\/span><\/p>\n What you should also know about El Ni\u00f1o is that it severely affects the agricultural sector and both water, food, and power supply in the country. It can bring massive drought to the country which is why early warning is always reported to help concerned sectors to prepare about this event. Other effects of this event are reduced rainfall, stronger typhoons, and high risk of forest and grass fires.<\/span><\/p>\n La Ni\u00f1a<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n On the other hand, La Ni\u00f1a is in the contrary. According to NASA, it is the \u201cbuild up of cool waters in the equatorial Eastern Pacific.\u201d Its effects are opposite to El Ni\u00f1o. Frequently, La Ni\u00f1a follows after El Ni\u00f1o.<\/span><\/p>\n La Ni\u00f1a usually brings heavy rains that trigger floods and landslides, but it can also bring in benefits to the country such as the possibility to grow crops in mountainous areas and those areas that are unreachable by irrigation. These disastrous events of floods and landslides are brought by above normal rainfall, strong monsoon activity, and formation of more tropical cyclones.<\/span><\/p>\n Another important thing that you should know is that the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration are the two agencies where the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather bureau gets information.<\/span><\/p>\n Now that you have learned about these two weather events, share it to your family and friends to let them know about this important knowledge!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source: gov.ph<\/a>; Rappler<\/a>;NASA Earth Observatory<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EL NI\u00d1O VS. LA NI\u00d1A. These two photos show the difference between the changes in climate. (Photo 1 by Vic Alhambra of Philippine Star, Photo 2 by Nonie Reyes of World Bank.) \u00a0 You may have heard these two words being constantly used in weather reports, but do you know that they are two very different things? Read on now to learn about what these two are all about, and why you should know about these two things. El Ni\u00f1o vs. La Ni\u00f1a El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a are two terms used for changes in global climate system. Simply put, both terms are total opposite. 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