El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather

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A historic strength El Niño has formed in the Pacific Ocean and is forecast to rival or exceed the 1997 record event. Scientists warn it will further heat the planet already undergoing fossil fuel-induced warming and exacerbate extreme weather events worldwide.

Meteroogists forecast it will rival – or exceed – record El Niño from 1997 and further heat globe El Niño, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Niño, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will probably turbocharge extreme weather across the planet. Meteorologists forecast it will rival – or exceed – a record El Niño that began in 1997 and helped trigger billions of dollars in damage from heatwaves, floods, droughts, tornadoes and wildfires. Continue reading...