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El Nino is only one small puzzle-piece: El Niño is a part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern, which includes the oceanic compone
by ulrischa 3y ago
El Nino is only one small puzzle-piece:
El Niño is a part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern, which includes the oceanic component (El Niño/La Niña) and the atmospheric component (Southern Oscillation). The interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere is crucial for the initiation and maintenance of El Niño events.
- datameta 3y agoI wonder if the acronym was inspired by Ensō the japanese caligraphy of a zen circle.
- blacksmith_tb 3y agoThat's a fun coincidence, but I'd be surprised...It's a little odd the "E" is in there at all, we wouldn't normally use the "T" from "The" in an acronym.
- datameta 3y agoI suppose El Niño is a proper noun, and without "The" it would just be "Boy".
- blacksmith_tb 3y agoRight, it's become a stock phrase in English. For English acronyms, we'd say them with "the" but leave it out of the acronym itself - FBI, The Federal Bureau of Investigation; NATO, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, etc.