TheNormalAlternative t1_j5tyt9a wrote
Reply to comment by froggythefish in Why Hasn’t It Snowed Yet in New York City? by NYY657545
La niña and El niño exist, and that fact is not incompatible with climate change.
They are just names provided to describe where the dominating high pressure system is located over the Pacific - closer to the Equator or further north. The pacific high pressure system plays a significant impact on the jet stream, and is the primary indicator of whether storms roll in thru California or Washington.
In fact, climate change has been blamed for making the effects of these pacific conditions more pronounced and less cyclical.
If you're uninformed about something frequently reported in the news, good chance it's because you're naive not because society is trying to pull one over on you.
froggythefish t1_j5u4pbi wrote
Sure it exists, of course it does. But no one cared or mentioned it in mainstream media until everyone started to notice “oh, we’re totally fucked” and now everyone is trying to find any other explanation for this years weather.
TheNormalAlternative t1_j5uotgq wrote
El Nino / La Nina were the focus of multiple TIME magazine covers in the 90s.
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