The name El Niño, meaning "The Little Boy" or "Christ Child" in Spanish, was coined by Peruvian fishermen as these events often appeared around Christmas. Essentially, it’s like nature's own ...

El Niño has important effects on the world’s economies—and not all of them are bad The current El Niño (Spanish for “The Boy”)—a band of above-average ocean surface temperatures that develops every 3 ...