El Niño on course to shatter all-time record as ocean logs 100 days of extreme heat
The United Nations says heavy rain and mosquito spread could drive cholera, malaria, chikungunya and dengue as the climate pattern intensifies.
- On Saturday, September 19, Pacific sea surface temperatures reached 3.07°C above average, tying the 2015 record months ahead of the expected peak, according to climatologist Zeke Hausfather of Berkeley Earth.
- El Niño, the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation , develops when Pacific trade winds weaken, allowing warm water to shift eastward. Human-caused climate change is amplifying this natural cycle, scientists report, intensifying risks from extreme heat.
- Drought conditions are devastating crops across Central America while over 160,000 residents in Sri Lanka lack adequate drinking water. Low reservoir levels forced Panama Canal authorities to slash traffic, threatening 5% of global trade.
- Hurricane Polo rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane with 180 mph winds off Mexico on September 22. The World Health Organization branded the pattern a "significant public health threat," urging immediate action to prevent loss of life.
- Meteorologists anticipate the event will peak toward the end of 2026, potentially pushing 2027 to record heat levels. Experts warn these trends threaten the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold, increasing risks of extreme weather into the coming year.
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The latest data on the El Niño phenomenon is frightening. As water temperatures break all historical records, months before their peak, scientists are closely monitoring the indicators that are moving at “unprecedented” levels. The post Climate Crisis: A “Godzilla”-level El Niño is Coming – Perhaps the Most Intense in the Last 1,000 Years appeared first on in.gr.
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Super El Niño Ties Record Months Before Peak; Scientists Warn of Severe Global Impacts
The sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific Ocean's Niño 3.4 region reached 3.07°C above the long-term average, tying the record set during the 2015–16 El Niño event, according to data reported by The New York Post. The anomaly was measured months before forecasters expect the event to peak in November and December, when researchers project it could reach 4.0°C above average. Zeke Hausfather, a climate researcher whose analysis of 14 cli…
An unusually strong El Niño, which is currently warming the planet, has broken the historical record for this natural phenomenon, several months before its expected peak. The latest measurements show that the temperature increase in the center of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has reached 3.05°C, exceeding the previous record of 3.02°C, recorded at the end of November 2015. This temperature is calculated in relation to the average for the period 1…
British professor: "The developing El Niño will be unprecedented."
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