Name: 気候蟹の太平洋の冒険 (The Pacific Adventures of the Climate Crab)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:47:59.000Z
Duration: 4 min 48 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：

(Narrator) Our story begins in the warm pool,

where the trade winds sweep the world’s warmest ocean.

Across the Pacific clouds gather at three large meeting places.

These meeting places have scientific names.

There’s the South Pacific Convergence Zone,

These cloud meeting places move throughout the year,

causing the usual wet seasons and dry seasons.

because of changes in trade winds and ocean temperatures.

Scientists call these changes in the air and ocean El Niño

and the cloud meeting places move closer together.

El Niño brings big changes to the temperature,

In some countries, such as Papua New Guinea and Palau,

it can cause dryer weather and lower sea levels,

sometimes leading to food and water shortages.

During El Niño tropical cyclone risk increases

in the east in places like the Southern Cook Islands and Samoa.

And in countries along the equator, like Kiribati,

It can also mean a better time to catch tuna in Kiribati

as the fish follow the warmer water into this area.

El Niño and its impacts usually last for one year,

In some years the opposite of an El Niño occurs.

In a La Niña event the trade winds get stronger,

and the cloud meeting places further apart.

La Niña can bring less rain and even drought.

This can affect locally grown food sources like

In other countries, like Fiji and the Solomon Islands,

waterlogged crops, and increase risk of diseases like

In the Solomon Islands La Niña also causes higher sea levels.

El Niño and La Niña are not climate change.

They are part of the natural climate system.

El Niño and La Niña will continue to happen in the future,

but climate change may intensify some of their impacts.

Learning how to adapt to the ups and downs

will help to prepare for long term climate change.

Some El Niño and La Niña events are more severe than others.

Your local weather office is always watching El Niño and La Niña

to provide temperature, rain, and cyclone forecasts

that your island is likely to receive in the months ahead.

It’s important to undertake activities to prepare your area

for the impacts of El Niño and La Niña events.

Be sure to keep up to date with the forecast

and take time to make plans for the season ahead.