Dear MEL Topic Readers,
El Niño is coming faster than expected and chances are rising that it
will be historically strong
Last summer was the hottest on record in many parts of the world, but this
summer is likely to be one of the five-warmest on record, according to the US
scientific and regulatory agency. It predicts that the sea-surface temperatures
in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific may be the warmest on record. This
natural climate phenomenon, called El Niño, occurs every two to seven years and
lasts nine months to a year, and affects wind patterns throughout the
atmosphere and, therefore, weather conditions. The agency also predicts that
this year’s El Niño has a two-in-three chance to become very strong by this
winter, and even become the first Super El Niño since the 2015-16 record. The impacts
of El Niño cause warmer temperatures around the globe and extreme weather
conditions in many parts of the world, including severe droughts and wildfires
in Australia, Indonesia, and parts of Central America and northern South
America, wetter, stormier weather and flooding in the southern United States,
the Gulf Coast, and parts of eastern Africa, and super hurricanes, typhoons,
and cyclones. On top of human-caused global warming, this naturally occurring weather
phenomenon will heat the summer even further this year.
Read the article and learn why this summer is predicted to be even
hotter than ever.
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