2011-2022 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory data shows that El Niño alters coastal water salinity, correlating with the ENSO and affecting global weather patterns.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that El Niño alters coastal water salinity through satellite observations of global ocean surface salinity from 2011 to 2022. Year-to-year variations in salinity near coastlines correlate with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), affecting global weather patterns. During the 2015 El Niño event, scientists observed increased rain and snow in the southwestern US and drought in Indonesia.

April 03, 2024
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