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"Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging"
#Australia #Environment #ElNino

Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging
Exclusive: Most of the island’s corals are likely to be species that have not been formally described by science, researcher says

"El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity

#Climate #ElNino
The large red (>=2.0) plume off of South America into the pacific makes you really think we need another gradient in the legend.

"The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more"
#Climate #ClimateChange #ElNino

The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.

"In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat

#ElNino forms, expected to strengthen, say NOAA forecasters: https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/el-nino-forms-expected-to-strengthen-say-noaa-forecasters - prolonged period of above-average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific expected to peak this winter.

🚨new publication alert🚨
Some types of El Niño lead to more melt over the Ross Ice Shelf in #Antarctica.
In our paper led by PhD student Sanjiban Dutta, we look at the synoptic relationship where Eastern Pacific El Niños channel warm moist air over the Ross Ice Shelf. One to watch with the current #ElNino building..
#ClimateDiary https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD045932

The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June—and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
#ocean #environment #ElNino

"A severe El Niño could threaten something essential to half of humanity – rice"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

A severe El Niño could threaten something essential to half of humanity – rice
Rice is life for billions of people. But this grain crop depends heavily on irrigation – and the looming El Niño is likely to bring dry conditions.

"State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026"
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State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026 - Carbon Brief
The developing El Niño is boosting expectations for global temperatures, both this year and next.

"Severe drought, energy shortages and food insecurity: What El Niño could mean for Europe this year"
#Europe #ElNino #Climate

A crisis 'unfolding': Why El Niño won’t just make Europe warmer
This year’s potentially record-breaking El Niño could impact food systems, energy production, economies, ecosystems and human wellbeing.

"Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns"
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"El Niño arrives and could rank among strongest events since 1950"
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El Niño arrives and could rank among strongest events since 1950
The phenomenon El Niño has arrived, the U.S. weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern, synonymous with droughts, floods and soaring temperatures, will intensify through the end of the year, potentially to historic strength.

"Five things you need to know about El Niño’s likely comeback"
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Five things you need to know about El Niño’s likely comeback
And what climate change has to do with it.