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Aditya Sengupta, PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Extreme El Niños are coming. Reaching net zero sooner means facing fewer of them

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The world is on the cusp of an historic El Niño, a climate pattern centred in the Pacific that could reshape weather across the planet.

El Niño is hardly a new phenomenon, but forecasts indicate the coming one could be the biggest ever recorded. Research suggests extreme El Niño years will become more common as the world rapidly warms, driven by humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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