niño

[nee-nyaw, neen-yoh]

noun

Spanish.

plural

niños 

1. boy; child.

Niño

1. See El Niño

Example Sentences

Californians commonly think of La Niña, a natural climate pattern involving cooler sea surface temperatures, as a herald of drought, and the sibling El Niño pattern as synonymous with wet winters.

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California saw epic rains during a significant El Niño in 1982-83.

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That's largely due to the end of the natural El Niño weather pattern - which can drive higher forest losses – but is the continuation of a longer-term trend.

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Researchers said a reduction in deforestation and damaging fires in South America -- partly linked to the end of very dry 2023-2024 El Nino conditions -- had played a role in reducing net land use emissions.

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Climate cycles such as El Niño appear to have shifted white shark nursery zones, bringing more juveniles into the Gulf of California where they cross paths with these orcas.

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