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What Are El Niño and La Niña? The Pacific's Climate Swings Explained
Learn how the Pacific Ocean's trade winds shape our weather — the normal state, the stronger-winds La Niña phase, and the weaker-winds El Niño phase that shifts rainfall and drought around the whole world.
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