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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

El Niño forecast to drive record heat from the Amazon to Alaska in 2024

Aerial view of smoke billowing from a forest fire in Nemocon, Colombia last month
Smoke billowing from a forest fire in Nemocón, Colombia last month, amid record temperatures. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images

The current climate event known as El Niño is likely to supercharge global heating and deliver record-breaking temperatures from the Amazon to Alaska in 2024, analysis has found.

Coastal areas of India by the Bay of Bengal and by the South China Sea, as well as the Philippines and the Caribbean, are also likely to experience unprecedented heat in the period to June, the scientists said, after which El Niño may weaken.

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