The warmer waters usually mean bad news for fisherman and for birds—fewer cold-water fish in the region. . . . [According to Conrad Lautenbacher of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] “It makes a big difference to our economy to know what’s about to happen in terms of energy resources, in terms of fishing industry, agriculture, what kinds of crops you are going to plant.” —CNN.com./Weather, March 2002
Conrad Lautenbacher is probably talking about the climatic phenomenon of ____.
a. the Coriolis effect
b. El Niño
c. the greenhouse effect
d. rain forest destruction