El Nino Sets Temperature Record in Key Pacific Zone: EU Monitor
Copernicus said the Pacific warming event could lift global temperatures further as forecasters warn it may become the strongest on record.
- On Monday, The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that Pacific sea surface temperatures in the Nino region reached an 'all-time high' of 29.70C last month, signaling an intensifying Nino gaining exceptional strength.
- This heat exceeded peak temperatures from the 1982/1983, 1997/1998, and 2015/2016 events, underscoring the exceptional intensity of the current Nino. The natural climate cycle typically occurs every seven years.
- On Friday, Japan's weather agency reported that Nino conditions reached their 'strongest intensity on record,' with temperatures in the monitoring area 4C above normal. This record occurred before the episode's expected peak later this year.
- September was 1.63C hotter than the pre-industrial average, continuing a run of months above 1.5C. Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo stated the strong Nino will likely intensify into 2027.
- Experts warn this Nino could push global temperatures to a new record in 2027. Scientists emphasize that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels is crucial to limit the period of 'overshoot' above 1.5C.
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The global average sea surface temperature hit a record high for September amid the El Nino phenomenon, reaching 21.05°C, the European Earth observation and mapping service Copernicus reported
The figure broke the previous record of 20.92°C set in September 2023. Water temperatures remain exceptionally high in the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean, where El Nino is intensifying. The figure is expected to keep rising in the...
El Niño sets temperature record in key Pacific zone – EU monitor
PARIS, France — An intensifying El Niño broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength.Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Niño would likely become the strongest ever observed and the latest record has tumbled even before the episode's expected peak later this year.The warming phase of a natura…
The temperature of all the oceans — outside the polar zones — reached 21,05°C worldwide in September.
The El Niño phenomenon records record temperatures in the tropical Pacific and Copernicus warns of its intensity before reaching its peak.
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lrytas.ltDue to the current El Niño climate phenomenon, water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have reached a record high even before its predicted peak in December.
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