1. What is El Nino? El Nino is an abnormal warming of the surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific. 2. How is it studied? What specific things are measured and how? El Nino is studied by using buoys. The temperature of the water is measured using water sensors. 3. What are its effects? It can cause rain to turn to ice, forest fires into raging infernos, climate changes, and flooding. 4. What causes El Nino? Scientists don't know what causes El Nino. 5. How are models used to determine when they will occur and how string they will be? Models are used by using collecting data from the models to try to predict what will happen in real life. 6. How can we study the past to understand the future? If we learn what happened in the past we can predict what will happen in the future and therefore be better prepared.
What was one interesting thing you learned today? A thing I found interesting is that a simple changing of water temperature can cause things like rain to turn to ice and cause forest fires to turn into raging infernos.