CO2: 427.55 ppmTemperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strength
New research suggests that human activity is making El Niño even more extreme and globally disruptive.
A new forecast predicts with almost 100% certainty that El Niño will remain in place until early 2027, peaking later this year.
Latest modeling shows high risks of floods, drought and extreme heat persisting until February 2027.
Fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters, the El Niño climate pattern is intensifying and has yet to peak. Forecasters are almost certain it will persist through February 2027 – with unusually warm conditions expected across much of the world in the coming months.
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis