Strong El Nino 'Adding Fuel to a Planet Already on Fire', Warns UN Chief
The UN weather agency says the phenomenon could push global temperatures higher and worsen heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires worldwide.
- The World Meteorological Organisation warned on Friday that a strong El Nino is expected to intensify starting in August, driving above-normal temperatures globally and significantly shifting rainfall patterns.
- Warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean characterize the ongoing El Nino, with seasonal-average temperature anomalies exceeding 2.9 degrees Celsius according to multiple weather models.
- Alongside El Nino, a positive Indian Ocean Dipole is forecast to develop, where the western Indian Ocean becomes warmer than the eastern basin, potentially amplifying regional droughts, floods, and wildfires.
- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "El Nino is strengthening," adding that Fossil fuels are "fanning the flames" of a planet "already on fire" with heat domes and wildfires.
- Communities face a window of opportunity to act before impacts unfold, as the WMO mobilizes information services to help countries anticipate and minimize risks from the intensifying climate crisis.
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New York. The climate phenomenon El Niño, which is intensifying in the Pacific, “lives an already burning planet” and drags the world into an “unknown territory,” warned the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, yesterday.
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El Nino is getting stronger: UN sounds alarm, asks countries to prepare
The world's leading weather agency has warned that El Nino, the powerful climate driver, is gathering strength as ocean temperatures remain unusually high. The consequences are something the world should be worried about.
Strengthening El Nino "Adding Fuel To A Planet Already On Fire": UN Chief
A strengthening El Nino that could shatter all-time records is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and pushing the world into "uncharted territory," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday.
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