Dear MEL Topic Readers,
El Niño is here and rapidly strengthening. Here’s what it means for
your weather
El Niño conditions are now underway in the tropical Pacific, with sea
surface temperatures having risen sharply in recent months, according to the US
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). El Niño involves the
transfer of a large amount of heat energy from the ocean to the atmosphere,
which boosts global average surface temperatures, leading to extreme weather
conditions, such as heat waves, flooding, and droughts, depending on the
location. It occurs every two to seven years and lasts for about a year, but this
one is predicted to be stronger than previous super El Niño events in 2015-16,
1997-98, and 1982-83. Since global average surface temperatures have increased
to a record high due to human-caused warming from fossil fuel burning, 2027 will
likely be even hotter than the previous record in 2024. Humans have learned to
predict climate change, like global warming and El Niño. Are we ready for a hotter, drier, or wetter climate?
Read the article and learn about what the underlying current could do to
the climate.
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