An intensifying El Nino has pushed sea surface temperatures in a key zone of the Pacific to an all-time high, another sign that the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength and could keep global temperatures elevated well into 2027.
Sea surface temperatures in the Nino3.4 region, the zone scientists track to monitor El Nino, touched 29.70 degrees Celsius in September, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The reading is higher than the peaks of the strong El Nino events of 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16, Copernicus said in a statement, according to an AFP report.
