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The Walker Circulation weakens, which causes the Trade Winds to weaken or even reverse. This causes warm water from the Western Pacific to be moved further east all the way to South America. As a result, cold, nutrient-rich water is unable to be upwelled off the coast.

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the winds rotate east instead of west.

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