WITH DANCING LA NIÑA
La Niña (La Neen-ya, meaning ‘little girl’ in Spanish) and her sibling, El Niño (El Neenyo, ‘little boy’), are part of the naturally occurring El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern. In a process described as a “dance between ocean and atmosphere”, the ENSO cycle drives movement of heat and moisture from the eastern Pacific Ocean towards Australia through a combination of sea surface temperature and air pressure changes.
La Niña is generated by a
