Question

Episodes of ocean warming produced by a warm countercurrent that replaces the cold Peruvian current along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru are referred to as __________ events.

Answer 1

Episodes of ocean warming produced by a warm countercurrent that replaces the cold Peruvian current along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru are referred to as El nino events.

Step-by-step explanation:

The El nino or El niño (the child) is a phenomenon or climate event related with the warming in the eastern ecuatorial Pacific which is erraticaly cyclical.