Climate upright=1.5|Temperature change in the  South Pacific Ocean since 1901 in the context of global warming upright=1.3|Impact of El Niño and La Niña on North America The climate patterns of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres generally mirror each other. The trade winds in the southern and eastern Pacific are remarkably steady while conditions in the North Pacific are far more varied with, for example, cold winter temperatures on the east coast of Russia contrasting with the milder weather off British Columbia during the winter months due to the preferred flow of ocean currents."Pacific Ocean: Islands", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Climate upright=1.5|Temperature change in the North Pacific Ocean since 1896 in the context of global warming upright=1.5|Temperature change in the South Pacific Ocean since 1870 in the context of global warming upright=1.3|Impact of El Niño and La Niña on North America The climate patterns of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres generally mirror each other. The trade winds in the southern and eastern Pacific are remarkably steady while conditions in the North Pacific are far more varied with, for example, cold winter temperatures on the east coast of Russia contrasting with the milder weather off British Columbia during the winter months due to the preferred flow of ocean currents."Pacific Ocean: Islands", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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