El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
Overview
Meteroogists forecast it will rival – or exceed – record El Niño from 1997 and further heat globe
El Niño, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday.
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Experts said the El Niño, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will probably turbocharge extreme weather across the planet. Meteorologists forecast it will rival – or exceed – a record El Niño that began in 1997 and helped trigger billions of dollars in damage from heatwaves, floods, droughts, tornadoes and wildfires.
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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.