‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months ahead of its expected peak.
The latest data shows the temperature rise at the heart of El Niño in the Pacific ocean has now reached 3.05C.
That is higher than the 3.02C set in late November 2015, the previous high set in the 150 years of modern records.
This temperature is measured against the average of 1991-2020.
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