NOAA confirms El Niño formation, scientists warn of historic strength and extreme weather impacts
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Angela Symons
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Summary
NOAA has confirmed the formation of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, with meteorologists warning it could reach historic strength. The natural warming cycle is expected to exacerbate global warming caused by fossil fuel pollution, potentially rivaling the devastating 1997 El Niño that caused billions in damage from heatwaves, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and wildfires worldwide.
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Experts said the El Niño, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely 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
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