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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn

Climate models warn of possible ‘super El Niño’ before end of year

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Forecasts predict an El Niño weather event before the end of the year but disagree on the intensity of any potential event. Photograph: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images

Climate models around the globe continue to warn of a potential El Niño developing later this year – a pattern of ocean warming in the Pacific that can increase the risk of catastrophic weather events around the globe.

Some models are raising the possibility later this year of an extreme, or “super El Niño”, that is marked by very high temperatures in a central region of the Pacific around the equator.

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