The Impact Of El Nino, A Natural Phenomenon That May Occur In August

YOGYAKARTA The public is asked to participate in dealing with the impact of El Nino which may occur in August 2023. The possibility of this extreme weather was conveyed by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menkomarves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

Through his official Instagram account, @luhut.pandjaitan on Wednesday, April 26, Luhut said that the occurrence of El Nino (water level heating) in August will be able to trigger drought.

Quoted from the official website of the NTB BMKG, El Nino is one of the phenomena of sea temperature heating (SML) above normal conditions that occur in the central Pacific Ocean region. SML's warming conditions cause the growth of clouds in the central Pacific Ocean and reduce rainfall in the country. El Nino's general impact is drought.

In the book Tanya Answer : La Nina, El Nino and Season in Indonesia, the term El Nino itself is taken from the Spanish term which means boys'. This term was originally used to mark the condition of the annual warm sea currents coming from the south along the coast of Peru and Ecuador when it came to Christmas. This condition occurred several centuries ago, while the term phenomenon was pinned by Peruvian fishermen under the name El way de Navidad.

This warm water flow hit waters in South America. Over time, it was discovered that the flow of warm water in the sea occurred more widely in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It can even reach the international calendar line in the central Pacific.

Meanwhile, El Nino's opponent is La Nina, a term referring to the phenomenon of sea water cooling in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean. The term La Nina is also taken from Spanish which means the girl'.

Both El Nino and La Nina have an impact on world climate patterns, including climate in Indonesia. Specifically, the impact of El Nino is as follows.

One of the impacts of the El Nino phenomenon is the reduction in rainfall in the affected areas. The rate of rainfall reduction depends on the intensity of El Nino. In Indonesia, the decrease in rainfall caused by El Nino is very likely to occur, but not all areas experience this condition.

The phenomenon of El Nino which is quite strong in history has occurred in 1997. At that time, the three-month rainfall in Indonesia was drastically reduced. Several areas such as Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, parts of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua experienced very low rainfall or extreme low rainfall throughout the year.

The effect of El Nino in Indonesia is domino. With the reduction in rainfall, drought will appear which will mainly have an impact on the agricultural sector. In 1997, rice productivity was said to have decreased drastically due to the drought caused by El Nino.

Another impact caused by El Nino is forest fires. Hot temperatures can trigger hotspots to burn forests. These conditions then trigger natural damage to the air pollution around the forest.

El Nino also has the potential to influence marine life off the coast of the Pacific. Because there will be a warm current that will certainly affect the life of living things in the sea.

Those are some of the impacts of El Nino. Visit VOI.ID for other interesting information.