Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows

Photo caption: Scientists say they have shown for the first time that greenhouse gas emissions were likely already making El Niños and La Niñas weather patterns more severe. Photo credit: Jenny Evans / Getty Images. Article by Graham Readfearn. The Guardian – May 18, 2023. Source: Nature.

Global heating has likely intensified a climate pattern in the Pacific since the 1960s that has driven extreme droughts, floods and heatwaves around the globe, according to a new study. The scientists said they had shown for the first time that greenhouse gas emissions were likely already making El Niños and La Niñas more severe. […]

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