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

‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching

Two firefighters use a water hose to try to extinguish a spreading land fire
Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in South Sumatra, Indonesia, last month. Photograph: Bagus Kurniawan/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing before our eyes”, the UN has said. The event is near certain to shatter temperature records, according to the latest forecasts.

The El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere where temperatures are already rising rapidly due to global heating. The combination means 2027 is set to “blow apart” the record and be the hottest year ever recorded.

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