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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

#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.

"El Niño arrives and could rank among strongest events since 1950"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

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.

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

#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.

"Five things you need to know about El Niño’s likely comeback"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

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

"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

"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.

"How the Next El Niño Could Lock in a Hotter Climate"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

How the Next El Niño Could Lock in a Hotter Climate

"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.

"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"
#UN #UnitedNations #ElNino #Climate