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The Latest Breaking News from El Niño

Amazon’s emissions ‘doubled’ under first half of Bolsonaro presidency

New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave

The Guardian - UK

Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

Space

Hurricane threatens extreme flooding

The El Niño climate pattern and the heat dome over much of the U.S. is putting some at risk of extreme flooding

Salon

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India faces record low August rains, summer crops threatened

India faces driest Aug in over 100 yrs, El Niño to blame. Monsoon vital for $3-trillion economy, delivering 70% of rain. Rainfall expected to be lowest since 1901, denting yields of summer-crops, boosting food inflation. Monsoon not reviving, dry spell unusually prolonged in south. El Niño impacting Indian monsoon, soil…

The Hindu

Threat of drought looms large as monsoon plays truant in Kerala

Kerala facing drought-like conditions due to 44% deficient monsoon, 90% shortfall in August. Water levels in reservoirs at 37% of total storage capacity. IMD forecasts below-normal rainfall till Aug 25. El Niño and neutral IOD likely to continue, indicating 'dry run' of monsoon in Kerala. 14 deficient monsoons since 1901,…

The Hindu

Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

LiveScience

Prepare for aggressive hurricane season

Agency urges readiness as record-breaking ocean temps, El Niño effects increase worse-than-average hurricane risk

Salon

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Rising methane could be a sign that Earth's climate is part-way through a 'termination-level transition'

Since 2006, the amount of heat-trapping methane in Earth’s atmosphere has been rising fast and, unlike the rise in carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane’s recent increase seems to be driven by biological emissions, not the burning of fossil fuels. This might just be ordinary variability – a result of natural climate…

The Conversation

Return of El Niño raises risk of hunger, drought and malaria, scientists warn

Hot natural weather pattern will exacerbate heat-related dangers brought about by climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Hoodies sell out in Tonga as El Niño brings wintry chill

Residents on island rush to buy warm clothing and heaters amid unusually cold winter weather for the Pacific nation

The Guardian - AU

Recovery of Great Barrier Reef stalls as scientists point to bleaching, disease and starfish attacks

Reef experts say an El Niño climate pattern could take hold this summer, raising the risk of another mass bleaching event further

The Guardian - AU

These 4 Phenomena Are What’s Actually Driving This Year’s Extreme Heat

A recent study found the weekslong heat wave in Texas and Mexico that started in June 2023 would have been virtually impossible without climate change.

Inverse

Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn

Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C

The Guardian - UK

Australia may face a summer of heatwaves, even without El Niño

Bureau of Meterology says most of the country is likely to be warmer than average, but El Niño pattern is hard to predict with certainty

The Guardian - AU

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Record-breaking Heat Gives Way To Uncertain Autumn Forecast

El Niño and wildfires threaten fall weather across U.S.

The Conversation

4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the weather in 2023.

The Guardian - AU

Murray-Darling Basin plan: Labor gives states more time to deliver water pledges despite El Niño fears

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek has declined to say if the federal government will use its power to buy back more water

WEKU

El Niño will likely continue into early 2024, driving even more hot weather

El Niño is warming up the water in the Pacific Ocean. That extra heat affects the whole planet, and has helped drive record-breaking hot weather.

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The Guardian - AU

Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts

As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Indigenous school inequality, El Niño threat, Trump predicts his arrest over January 6

New figures show how Gonski has failed to deliver more funding for Indigenous children, while concern grows about prospect of ‘a very bad summer’

The Guardian - AU

NSW warned of bushfire dangers as dry El Niño looms after ‘prolific’ vegetation growth

Rural Fire Service warns residents to get ready for upcoming season and not be complacent after three wet years

The Guardian - AU

What do the ‘supercharged’ northern hemisphere heatwaves mean for the Australian summer?

‘If we have an El Niño supercharged by climate change then we could be in for a very bad summer,’ a UNSW academic says

The Conversation

A climate expert explains the Northern Hemisphere's weird, wild summer - and what it means for Australia

The Northern Hemisphere summer has brought one extreme event after another – from heatwaves to wildfires and floods. It comes as the world likely heads into an El Niño pattern, which brings a higher chance of hot, dry weather in much of Australia.

Salon

The connection between crops and El Niño

"El Niño's global impacts are complex and multifaceted"

Salon

Record heat is bleaching coral

El Niño is contributing to the problem, but rising ocean heat is largely driven by burning fossil fuels

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