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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Kate Abnett

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

A shepherd watches a fire burning a wheat field between Tabara and Losacio during the second heatwave of the year in the province of Zamora, Spain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say.

Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers global temperatures slightly, the world will experience a return to El Nino, the warmer counterpart, later this year.

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