1·One idea is as you suggest that major weather patterns, something like El Nino, are responsible.
一种观点是，像你说的那样，主要的天气模式如厄尔尼诺现象，才是罪魁祸首。
2·According to a paper in 2011 by Mr. Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Nino's harmful effects.
2011年，萧先生及其合著者发表的一篇论文指出，国内冲突与厄尔尼诺的危害有关。
3·Through its influence on tropical winds feeding into the Atlantic, el nino also helps to reduce both the number and severity of hurricanes hitting the east coast of the US and the Gulf of Mexico.
它的影响使热带风不断进入大西洋，厄尔尼诺也有助于减少肆虐美国东海岸和墨西哥湾的飓风数量并减轻其发生时的烈度。
4·The study comes within days of announcements from climatologists that the world is entering a new el nino warm spell.
这项研究发布的几天前，气象学家就已宣布，全球正进入一个新的厄尔尼诺暖流期。
5·EL nino, a periodic sloshing of warm water from west to east across the Pacific, gets its name - "the boy child" -because it is around Christmas that it warms the water off Peru.
厄尔尼诺现象是指太平洋暖流定期自西向东扫过太平洋的现象，绰号—“小男孩”—因为他会在圣诞期间使秘鲁附近海域的海水变暖。