The Cot starfish is found on coral reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean and it eats coral.

刺冠海星生活在热带太平洋的珊瑚礁上，以珊瑚为食。

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El Nino — a periodic natural warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean — is partly to blame for the unusual warmth.

厄尔尼诺-热带太平洋海洋定期性自然变暖-是这种异常变暖的部分诱因。

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The climate phenomenon results from warming of the tropical Pacific and causes heatwaves, droughts and flooding around the world.

这个气候现象是由热带太平洋变暖引起的，导致世界各地遭受热浪、干旱及洪水的灾害。

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Dr. TRENBERTH: That's the warming of the waters out in the tropical Pacific, east of where they normally occur.

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This has been caused by cold La Nina temperatures in the Eastern Tropical Pacific that pushed the jet stream northward, shifting moisture and rainfall eastward.

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These short-term global fluctuations are associated principally with natural oscillations of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures summarized in the Nino index in the lower part of the figure. 2012 is nominally the 9th warmest year, but it is indistinguishable in rank with several other years, as shown by the error estimate for comparing nearby years.

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