El Niño is already underway: new satellite data has emergedThe El Niño phenomenon, characterized by higher water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, returned in June 2026. Data from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite indicate that the phenomenon is strengthening, which could have consequences for weather in various regions.
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El Niño is already underway: new satellite data has emergedThe El Niño phenomenon, characterized by higher water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, returned in June 2026. Data from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite indicate that the phenomenon is strengthening, which could have consequences for weather in various regions.
In June 2026, Sentinel-6 satellite Michael Freilich captured something disturbing in the Pacific: abnormally high sea areas extending hundreds of kilometres, signature of an expanding underwater heat tank. The observed conditions recall June 1997 — the year of an exceptional El Niño — and the new waves [...]