NOAA Expands Scale Limit as Super El Niño Nears Record Strength
NOAA forecasts a very strong event with more than an 80% chance it could rank among the largest El Niño episodes since 1950.
- The United Nations warned Monday that 49 million people face acute hunger due to an exceptionally strong El Niño, as major oil and gas companies reported $93 billion in second-quarter profits.
- Scientists characterized this year's "Super El Niño," which officially began June 11, as historically strong, with the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service reporting last month's global ocean temperatures were the hottest ever recorded.
- Droughts have affected nearly 500 locations in Indonesia, where nearly 93% of the country recorded low rainfall by mid-July, while farmers in the United Kingdom face their worst harvests in years and Puerto Rico households endure water shortages.
- 350.org Executive Director Anne Jellema said Monday leaders must act "swifter and stronger than El Niño," urging governments to impose permanent windfall taxes on fossil fuel profits to fund relief.
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned last month that El Niño is no longer "on our doorstep" but "inside the house," with scientists expecting effects to peak late this year and into next.
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The president of the BDNES, Aloizio Mercadante, said that El Niño this year must be very strong and that the promotional bank is preparing to deal with the effects of this extreme weather event. According to him, the rise in temperature in the Pacific Ocean is far above average. "I don't know if it's going to be the worst El Niño in history, but there's no doubt that it will be much more severe." He said that on the day of the windfall in Rio de…
2026 Super El Niño Forecast: What happens this winter could shock California, here's why
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World's Oceans Hit Hottest July on Record as El Niño Conditions Build in the Pacific
The world's oceans recorded their hottest July on record last month, with average sea surface temperatures reaching 20.96C, according to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The figure beat the previous July high of 20.89C, set in 2023. It comes as El Niño conditions continue to build across the tropical Pacific, a pattern scientists expect to strengthen further into autumn. Globally, July 2026 also ranked as the joint second-war…
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