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Could this be due to climate change?
“It’s still a topic that I think we haven’t quite reached scientific consensus yet.”
What a maroon.
You misunderstood, he was saying there isn’t scientific consensus on how climate change is affecting ocean temperatures going from a La niña to an El niño isn’t unheard of but this huge of a swing is. But we don’t know how climate change is making this happen. But we do know that climate change is causing this
wtf is an El Niño?
ridiculous that this article that mentions the term like 30 times doesn’t define it
It’s the fifth paragraph…
In order to be considered an El Niño, temperatures in that zone need to be 0.5 C above the average.
And then five paragraphs later they even explain it more.
El Niño and La Niña are part of a larger, natural cyclical cycle called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which occurs in a specific part of the Pacific Ocean.
Its a very common phenomenon so that’s probably why they didn’t define it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation?wprov=sfla1
El Nino and its counterpart La Nina are a pair of hot(el nino) and cold patches that move around the Pacific Ocean
https://www.britannica.com/science/El-Nino
For North America, it typically means warmer than average temperatures and can mean increased rainfall.
Also generally results in more cyclones/hurricanes in the Pacific and less in the Atlantic.
It means “the boy”. Does that help?
I always heard it was Spanish for “the niño,” but maybe you’re right.
You guys have had your fun. No need to be rude to someone who doesn’t know.
El niño was one of the ships Columbus sailed to the Americas. El Niño, Piñata, and Santa Claus.
RIP Chris Farley
I’m wondering where in the world you live to have somehow managed to get through life dodging El Niño. Not only does the world discuss it every few years because of the cycle, it’s something everyone understands because it’s taught in schools.
the video in the article does a great job of explaining it, but of course not everybody can or wants to watch the video.
the video said that El Niño is when the ocean between south american and australia heats up by at least 0.5ºC above long term averages, and can cause warmer weather over the next many months, in this case through the end of 2026 and into 2027. it said that they expect the average temp to be above 2ºC higher than long term averages. it also said that wildfire season in canada would not be affected by it, but wildfire season in australia, which is around december 2026, could be especially bad.
I’m guessing you are either pretty young or a result of the American education system?
Get an archived copy before this administration removes it. Can’t have the populace more informed than their leader.
This focuses more on the effects on Australia, but this shouldn’t be removed-
