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#Question id: 9575


The warm counter current known as El niño moves southward along the coast of peru each year around christmastime. When this counter current flows strongly, it displaces the cold peru current offshore and results in:

#XL - T Zoology
  1. The collapse of the food supply for millions of seabirds
  2. Unusually high productivity of the regional fishery
  3. Increased upwelling of nutrient-rich waters
  4. Colder than normal ocean surface temperatures