In addition, large-scale climate events like El Nino and La Nina redistribute vast water masses among Earth's ocean, atmosphere and land. Scientists care because, to put movements of Earth's crust into proper context, they need a frame of reference to evaluate them against.
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latent definition: The definition of latent is something present but invisible or hidden. (adjective) An example of latent is an ability to swim that will become clear with a first lesson. An example of latent is a psychological tendency that you a...