El Nino exerts powerful control on Earth's climate ... trade winds along the equator, and (2) a shallow thermocline in the east (the thermocline is the sharp thermal boundary separating warm ...
(It's always raining over an El Niño, and the rainwater dilutes the sea.) Both of these conditions contribute to buoyancy. A sharp temperature and density change—called the thermocline—floats ...
Thus, knowing that ancient El Nino events were more intense may provide ... ENSO’s strength throughout history: the depth of the thermocline (the boundary between warm surface waters and cold ...