‘Off the charts’ El Niño is already the strongest since records began
- Floods caused by monsoon rains in the Philippines on 20 August 2026Anadolu Copyright: Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images “The El Niño has blossomed.
- Usual measures of El Niño have blown past prior record levels in the period with good data, even though maximum effects are still several months in the future.
- ” So writes renowned climate scientist James Hansen at Columbia University in New York in a newsletter sent today.
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- Floods caused by monsoon rains in the Philippines on 20 August 2026Anadolu Copyright: Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images “The El Niño has blossomed.
- Usual measures of El Niño have blown past prior record levels in the period with good data, even though maximum effects are still several months in the future.
- ” So writes renowned climate scientist James Hansen at Columbia University in New York in a newsletter sent today.
Sources: Newscientist