La Nina's distant effects in East Africa: Droughts and floods are remote-controlled climate effects
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
For 20,000 years, climate variability in East Africa has been following a pattern that is evidently a remote effect of the ENSO phenomenon (El Nino Southern Oscillation) known as El Nino/La Nina. During the cold phase of La Nina, there is marginal rainfall and stronger winds in East Africa, while the El Nino warm phase leads to weak wind conditions with frequent rain.