What is the Issue?? El Nino La Nina. How does this issue relate to weather?  Disrupt  Temperature  60-70 o F  7-4 o F.

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What is the Issue?? El Nino La Nina

How does this issue relate to weather?  Disrupt  Temperature  o F  7-4 o F

How does this issue relate to Climate Change?  Southern Oscillation  Weather Extremes

What is the evidence that this issue exists?  Hurricanes  Natural Disasters  Indonesia

Who or what does this issue affect the most?  East Northern Hemisphere – El Nino  West coast – La Nina

Why should we care about this issue?  Innocent life’s lost  Billions wasted

What can we do about this issue?  Predict  Save billions  Prepare

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