从< < p >有一个案例研究em >环境科学< / em >题为< >强厄尔尼诺现象:一个链接在大气中,海洋,和地壳循环?< /强>,< a href = " http://www.trunity.net/sam2/view/article/51cbf4007896bb431f6aeb04/ " rel = " nofollow noreferrer " >讨论< / >地震活动之间的相关性和厄尔尼诺周期在世界的某些地区,已记录:< / p > < blockquote > < p >地球物理学家,丹尼尔·a·沃克,推测不同序列的事件产生厄尔尼诺事件。沃克说,热输入海洋来自地球内部。这个假设是基于一个有趣的在东部地区地震活动的相关性复活节岛和附近的太平洋的厄尔尼诺现象的发生。这种相关性可以用来说明地球的物理系统中可能的联系和统计相关性和物理因果关系之间的区别。< / p > < p >东太平洋海隆位于西方的复活节岛。沿着这上涨,板块160 - 170毫米(6.3 - -6.7英寸)。这个速度是世界上最快的国家之一。因此,地震活动沿着东太平洋海隆已经被广泛的研究三十多年了。在此期间,科学家们追踪地震的数量以及他们释放的能量。< / p > < /引用> < p > < img src = " https://i.stack.imgur.com/2JBQm.jpg " alt = "在这里输入图像描述" > < / p > < blockquote > < p >月最大数量的地震与地震或数月,释放最大的能量在厄尔尼诺事件的发生。 This hints at a relationship between seismic activity and El Niño events. A simple statistical analysis suggests that if the seismic events and the El Niño events occurred randomly, the probability of finding a sequence in which periods of heightened seismic activity precede El Niño events would be 1 out of 313. Such long odds imply that the sequence probably is not generated by random chance. Rather, there may be a physical connection between seismic activity and El Niño events. But statistical correlation should not be confused with physical causation. Correlation indicates that the timing of the two events is similar but does not mean that the two events are connected.
Scientists have come up with several explanations for how seismic activity may trigger El Niño events. These hypotheses are based on the relationship between air temperature and pressure. In general, warm air has less pressure than cold air, so hypotheses seek to explain how seismic activity along the East Pacific Rise could affect air temperature.
There are several other articles that discuss the relationship between La Niña/El Niño cycles and seismic activity, such as this article published by RSTA entitled Statistical analysis of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and sea-floor seismicity in the eastern tropical Pacific.
There also appears to be a relationship between El Niño cycles and volcanic activity, as published in Nature.