1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LIUY2vcloY"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/why-la-nina-the-ugly-step-sister-of-el-nino-may-be-coming-our-way/">Why La Nina, the ugly step-sister of El Nino, may be coming our way</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/why-la-nina-the-ugly-step-sister-of-el-nino-may-be-coming-our-way/embed/#?secret=LIUY2vcloY" width="600" height="338" title="“Why La Nina, the ugly step-sister of El Nino, may be coming our way” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="LIUY2vcloY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> According to new satellite imagery from NOAA (see photo), the naturally occurring El Ni√±o event that's been affecting our climate globally is dissipating in dramatic fashion, leading to an abrupt changeover to a La Ni√±a. The satellites, which measure sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies, show the current El Ni√±o is starting to lose steam after reaching its peak in December 2015. An El Ni√±o event occurs when the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean has warmer-than-normal SSTs. The current El Ni√±o was first registered in April 2015 and grew in strength over the ensuing months.  El Ni√±os span such a large section of the tropical Pacific Ocean that they can affect the climate from New England to New Zealand. First noticed by sailors in the 1500s, only recently have El Ni√±os been thoroughly documented and analyzed with scientific rigor. And since the 1980s, satellites have been taking pictures of Earth's oceans, with particular focus on these SST anomalies.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics9_thumbnails_thumb_SST-one-month-anomalies.jpg