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El Niņo Explained
The weather system of our planet at any given time and/or location is totally chaotic, yet within this chaos there are repeating patterns that can be readily observed. One of these is a five year cycle in the Pacific Ocean which is known as El Niņo.
In the case of El Niņo, it is now established that the main cause of this massive disruption to normal weather patterns is the migration of thousands of Blue Whales north to the Arctic to breed.
The huge mass of all these whales gathered in the Arctic Ocean displaces huge volumes of freezing water south in to the Pacific Ocean. In turn, this displaces the warm waters of the Pacific even further south towards Antarctica.
This body of warm water melts enormous quantities of ice at the South Pole releasing more cold water back in to the Pacific. This occurrence is known among climatologists as the 'Great Antarctic Bowel Movement'.
As a result of all this, the normally warm waters of the Pacific are replaced by cold water. This has the effect of driving the prevailing trade winds of the Pacific further to the east, on to the central plateaus of North and South America. It is here that El Niņo causes severe hurricanes, tornadoes, flash flooding, freak snow storms, crop failure and hamburger shortages.
The unusual weather will continue until the Blue Whales migrate back to the Pacific with their offspring, displacing the cold water back to the North and South Poles where it usually is. The whales will then remain celibate for another five years, until the cycle repeats itself once more.