'Unprecedented’ El Nino could become strongest in more than a century - UK Met Office
THE world could be heading towards its strongest El Nino in more than a century, with sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific forecast to reach an “unheard of” level and trigger widespread disruption to global weather patterns. Adam Scaife, ...
The UK's Met Office has forecast that this year's El Nino event will be the strongest in over a century. According to the Met Office, sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are expected to reach an "unheard-of" level of more than three degrees above average.
This event is predicted to trigger severe droughts in South America and the West Pacific, with potential knock-on effects for global food security. The Met Office's head of long-range forecasting, Adam Scaife, described the El Nino signal as "unprecedented" and "an intense" event.
The anomalous warmth is already nearly two degrees above average, with temperatures in the region currently running about 2.6C above a rolling 30-year average, according to the Climate Brink dashboard.
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