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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Donna Lu

Global heating to drive stronger La Niña and El Niño events by 2030, researchers say

A Pacific Ocean storm seen from Venice Beach
A Pacific Ocean storm seen from Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Researchers say stronger La Niña and El Niño events driven by global heating will be detectable decades earlier than expected. Photograph: LHB Photo/Alamy

Stronger La Niña and El Niño events due to global heating will be detectable in the eastern Pacific Ocean by 2030, decades earlier than previously expected, new modelling suggests.

Researchers have analysed 70 years of reliable sea surface temperature records in the Pacific Ocean to model changes in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (Enso) under current projections of global heating.

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