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Data analysis: Investigating El Niño and the Galapagos

© Heikki Huhtinen

Introduction

Learning objectives

  • To understand what El Niño is and how this climate pattern impacts the Galapagos Islands.
  • To understand how climate data can be used to identify El Niño events.

Students’ outcomes

  • To interpret data from graphs to determine climatic events.
  • To identify correlations between air temperatures and sea temperatures.
  • To understand how El Niño events are identified.

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