Northern Oscillation or ENSO, a fancy name for a natural occurrence, is like the weather on steroids: it can positively or negatively affect our planet depending on its three phases – El Niño, La Niña, and neutral phase. The thing is, it’s not just your regular run-of-the-mill weather patterns that ENSO influences; it’s global!

So, forget about the birds and the bees, climatologists say it’s all about El Niño, La Niña, and the neutral phase of ENSO. These phases can cause massive destruction, propelling waves that are as big as mountains, determined to devour all in its path. Apart from ruining human civilizations, ENSO can hit you right in the wallet too, causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage. Yikes.

Now let’s talk about the “how” – how does ENSO actually work? It’s like the universe is playing their thermostat from hot to cold. Imagine a thermostat in your house that only has three settings, too hot, too cold, and just perfect. That’s it! So, in the same way, ENSO has three phases, and how it progresses from one to the other will undoubtedly affect the weather around the world. Simple, isn’t it?

But ENSO, like everything else, changes as time goes by. Climate change, unfortunately, seems to be affecting the ENSO’s behaviour. Though we’re not entirely sure how, scientists say that it is not good news. ENSO seems to be moving away from the “just-perfect” phase and into the more destructive phases. Great, humanity manages to screw up the only thermostat that matters!

In conclusion, ENSO is like having a moody roommate you can’t get away from – it affects everything, and its behaviour is impossible to predict. It’s like trying to navigate through murky waters while blindfolded. And with climate change thrown into the mix, you know that things aren’t going to be pretty. Thank you, Mother Nature!