The Economist (US), July 19th, 1997
Scientific advances may make countermeasures possible against the next El Nino, which promises to be as severe as the one of 1982-93. Researchers have improved methods for predicting El Nino and lessening its effects. Computer models have revealed the chaotic interaction between the atmosphere and ocean that occurs.
AS THE world has learned, it ignores El NiDno's gentle balm at its peril. The name-Spanish for "The Child", referring to the infant Jesus-was originally given to a tepid current that comes to the coast of Peru and Ecuador every Christmas. This reduces the fish population slightly ...
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