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Global climate phenomenon
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular pattern but do have some appearance of cycles. The occurrence of ENSO is not easily predictable. It affects the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics, and has links (teleconnections) to higher-latitude regions of the world. The warming phase of the sea surface temperature is known as "El Niño" and the cooling phase as "La Niña".
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The warm-water anomaly is expected to show up any time now and could add to extreme high tides of nearly 6 feet by pushing waves even higher, up to a foot.
Ocean levels along the west coast could rise anywhere from six inches to as much as a foot in the months to come, increasing the risks of flooding and coastal erosion.