{
  "id": 5105297,
  "title": "Corals Reveal El Niño Events Have Become Stronger in Recent Decades, Probably Because Humans Have Been Heating Up the Planet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/corals-reveal-el-nino-events-have-become-stronger-in-recent-decades",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/corals-reveal-el-nino-events-have-become-stronger-in-recent-decades-probably-because-humans-have-been-heating-up-the-planet-180989432/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers used elements trapped within Galápagos corals to understand natural swings in the climate over the past millennium. They hint that variability has gone up over the past 40 years compared to preindustrial times",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}