What a Record-Breaking El Niño Could Mean for the World
- The Met Office warns that 2027 will "very likely" be the hottest year on record globally as an intensifying El Niño combines with long-term human-induced climate change, with the WMO forecasting the event will "dominate climate patterns" through October 2026.
- El Niño, a natural weather pattern occurring every two to seven years, is strengthening steadily, with the WMO reporting the event will increase the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across much of the world from August to October 2026.
- Ioanna Vergini, founder of global weather forecasting platform WFY24, warns that El Niño is a "distraction" from climate change, while rapid attribution analysis from World Weather Attribution found recent heat dome temperatures would be "virtually impossible to occur at this time of year" without fossil-fuel emissions.
- The IHE Delft Institute for Water Education warns that staple food imports for Europe face risk, as crop failures in Nicaragua and irrigation restrictions across Colombia, Northeast Brazil, and India threaten export supplies due to El Niño-driven weather shifts.
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that fossil fuels are "fanning the flames" of the crisis, stating the strengthening El Niño is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" with scorching heat domes and record hot seas.
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El Niño continues to strengthen in the Pacific and its size begins to worry the experts. The latest surveys show in fact a particularly marked warming of the...
This temporary natural phenomenon, which causes extreme weather events, especially around the Tropics, could be felt this year as far as Western Europe in November, according to British experts.
Record-breaking El Niño could unleash extreme weather globally
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This year’s El Niño is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far.Stacked on top of long-term human-caused climate change, the temporary jolt will offer a glimpse of the heat the world can expect by the late 2030s, experts say.Here’s what to know.What is El Niño?El Niño is the warming phase of a natural cycle in the tropical Pac…
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