UN Warns Super El Nino a 'Significant' Threat to World Health
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UN warns super El Nino is a 'significant' threat
El Nino represents a "significant" threat to global health, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as the world braces for a cycle of the climate phenomenon predicted to be the most intense on record. Tied to warming surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, the natural weather pattern is linked to higher temperatures alongside periods of both extreme drought and widespread flooding, with its influence already being felt from central America to …
Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization have issued an urgent warning against the devastating effects of the rapidly intensifying El Nino weather event on climate and public health. Stating that record temperatures have been left behind, experts stressed that the effects of the wave, which is expected to peak at the end of 2026, could last until 2027.
The United Nations warned Tuesday about the many potential repercussions of the El Niño phenomenon on health, stressing that this natural climate phenomenon represents a "major threat", reports AFP.
El Niño poses a "significant threat to global health," the UN warned on Tuesday (22/9), as the international community prepares for a new cycle of this climate phenomenon, which is estimated to be the strongest since comparable records began about 40 years ago. As noted, the phenomenon is linked to an increase in the temperature of the surface of the Pacific Ocean, causing significant changes in weather patterns. Its effects include higher tempe…
Concerns over the effects of the strongest El Niño in decades. Increased risk of floods, drought, cholera, malaria and dengue fever www.ertnews.gr
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