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Which event causes warm water to move back towards the U.S.?

global warming
La Nina
deforestation
El Nino

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User Uueerdo
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El Niño is the correct answer!

Warm water is pushed back east, toward the west coast of the Americas. El Niño means Little Boy in Spanish. South American fishermen first noticed periods of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean in the 1600s.
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