The UK is thousands of miles from the tropical Pacific and so the effects of El Niño tend to be less clear-cut than in other regions. However, it does bring the increased chance of wet and stormy conditions across north-west Europe during the late autumn and early winter. A forecast released by the Met Office
Heat is released from the ocean into the atmosphere, lifting global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns. Scientists declare an El Niño when sea surface temperatures in a key area of the Pacific are 0.5C or more above average. Current measurements show that they are well over 2C above normal. Latest forecasts from the Met Office
the world could are facing the strongest El Niño phenomenon since records began, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events and significant long-term economic impacts globally. A new analysis by Berkeley Earth climate scientist Zeke Hausfather paints a worrying picture of the climate phenomenon unfolding in the Pacific Ocean. Models have consistently predicted that this
