The correct answer is B. Warm water moving toward the coast of South America
Explanation:
El Niño is a phenomenon in the climate that mainly occurs as warm ocean water develops in the Pacific Ocean especially in the Equator Pacific including the coast of South America. This causes changes in pressure due to the temperature in the ocean water as well as changes in the rain. Additionally, this phenomenon is the opposite of the one of La Niña in which the temperature in the ocean is colder rather than warmer. Also, these types of climate changes are part of cycles that last around a year but can take place over multiple years. Therefore, the climate condition that occurs during this phenomenon is warm water moving toward the coast of South America.
Surface currents in the Northern Hemisphere rotate in a Clockwise direction whereas in the Southern Hemisphere, the surface currents rotate in a anticlockwise direction. This happens because of the Coriolis effect, because of this Coriolis effect surface currents are shifted to angle of 45°. Therefore, it deflects the current towards right in northern hemisphere and towards left in southern hemisphere.
