El Niño warms water and impacts climate, while La Niña cools water and impacts climate; both phenomena occur in the Pacific Ocean.
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that occur in the Pacific Ocean and significantly impact global weather patterns. El Niño is characterized by the warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, leading to atmospheric changes that influence weather across the world. This warming disrupts typical weather patterns, causing droughts, floods, and other extreme conditions in various regions.
On the other hand, La Niña is the opposite phase, involving the cooling of sea surface temperatures in the same region. La Niña tends to have contrasting effects on weather patterns, such as increased rainfall in some areas and intensified hurricane activity in others. Both El Niño and La Niña are integral components of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, with their occurrences influencing not only local climates but also having far-reaching consequences on a global scale.