Climate. "A Planetary Impact": How the El Niño Phenomenon Threatens to Blaze Temperatures
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A large part of the waters of the equatorial Pacific are abnormally warm, signs of the return of El Niño. Suspected of causing torrential rains or exceptional droughts, the phenomenon is expected to experience an unprecedented intensity this year.
The El Niño weather phenomenon looks set to be more powerful this year than ever since the International Meteorological Organization began measuring its extent 40 years ago.The agency says El Niño is moving into increases in the coming months, increasing the risk of floods, droughts and heatwaves. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that El Niño would suffer the worst. Sea temperatures are rising, temperatures are also rising, and…
Published on September 3, the latest World Meteorological Organization bulletin warns that the current episode of the El Niño phenomenon will be particularly powerful. It risks increasing the violence of the weather disturbances and lasting until 2027.
Below the surface of the ocean, ocean temperatures were even more than 8 degrees above average in some areas during July and early August.
Droughts, floods and fires could become more pronounced in different parts of the world as the phenomenon intensifies.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned that the El Niño phenomenon would spread to "a very powerful event in the coming months," which would have significant implications for rainfall and temperature patterns around the world and increase the risk of floods, droughts and extreme heat waves.
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