<p> El Nino – The Quest for a Canadian Perspective</p><p>1. Go to: http://www.orma.com/weather/what-is-el-nino-el-nino-facts-faq/</p><p>A) What does “El Nino” mean, and why is it called this?</p><p>B) Using the diagrams, describe the formation of El Nino (before and after) in the space below.</p><p>Normal… during El Nino…</p><p>C) What are four key effects of El Nino?</p><p>D) What is La Niña? Explain.</p><p>2. Go to http://qz.com/147455/el-nino-may-make-2014-the-worlds-hottest-year-yet/ A) What is the the world’s biggest source of year-to-year climate variability? Explain.</p><p>B) What is the benefit to the North Atlantic region during an El Nino? For Canada in general? http://www.ocgy.ubc.ca/projects/clim.pred/enso.canada.html 3. Go to http://www.atmos.washington.edu/gcg/RTN/rtnt.html Case Study A) At Christmas Island, as a result of the sea level rise during the ______El Niño, what happened to the seabirds and why? What about the seals and sea lion populations in Peru?</p><p>B) How did the rainfall affect Peru? Describe.</p><p>4. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_El_Ni%C3%B1o_event A) Why was El Nino so significant in 1997-1998? Give three major reasons. *</p><p>*</p><p>*</p><p>B) How is the 1918-1919 El Nino linked to the Flu Pandemic? https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/elnino/1918-1919-Flu-Pandemic </p><p>5. Go to http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/enso disc.shtml Justify your opinion about whether an El Nino is developing right now or not. </p><p>6. Explore how weather has changed the probable course of history, and list the one you think is most significant  http://www.livescience.com/11339-weather- changed-history.html ©TWebb</p>