1. How would El Nino affect a fisherman living on the west coast of South Americ
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How would El Nino affect a fisherman living on the west coast of South America?
Fishing would be a hardship because of the loss of nutrient-rich waters that are normally upwelled during non-El Nino years.
Fishing would be the same as any other year.
There were would an overabundance of nutrients making El Nino years the best fishing years ever.
There would be too much rain flooding his village making it impossible for him to take his boat out.
In the image provided, red colors show positive sea surface temperature anomalies (i.e. warmer than usual temperatures) and blue temperatures show negative sea surface temperature anomalies (i.e. colder than usual temperatures). In this image, which phase of ENSO is the Pacific in?
Cold ENSO phase / El Niño
Warm ENSO phase / El Niño
Warm ENSO phase / La Niña
Neutral ENSO phase
Cold ENSO phase / La Niña
AFishing would be a hardship because of the loss of nutrient-rich waters that are normally upwelled during non-El Nino years.
BFishing would be the same as any other year.
CThere were would an overabundance of nutrients making El Nino years the best fishing years ever.
DThere would be too much rain flooding his village making it impossible for him to take his boat out.
Explanation / Answer
1-fishing would be same as any other year.
2-warm ENSO phase/El Nino so option b is the correct answer
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