
El Niño and Why We Can't Predict the Weather
Season 3 Episode 49 | 6m 16s
Why is the weatherperson wrong?
What is El Niño? Why can’t we predict the weather? Just a few slight changes in global climate patterns can drastically shift the weather. Thanks to chaos theory, even our smartest meteorologists can’t predict weather correctly.
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El Niño and Why We Can't Predict the Weather
Season 3 Episode 49 | 6m 16s
What is El Niño? Why can’t we predict the weather? Just a few slight changes in global climate patterns can drastically shift the weather. Thanks to chaos theory, even our smartest meteorologists can’t predict weather correctly.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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