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El Niño plus climate change means record-breaking heat

Some of the hottest global weather in recorded history is happening this week. It's likely that records will continue to fall this year.

WEKU

Tuesday was world’s hottest day on record – breaking Monday’s record

Average global temperature hits 17.18C and experts expect record to be broken again very soon

The Guardian - UK

Experts sound alarm for global heatwaves sparked by El Niño weather phenomenon

It also puts 1.5 degree global warming limit at risk next year

Irish Mirror

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It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Niño. Here’s what that means for our flammable continent

An El Niño event has arrived, according to the World Meteorological Organization, raising fears of record high global temperatures, extreme weather and, in Australia, a severe fire season.

The Conversation

Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites

Heatwaves sizzled around the world from the US south and the north of Africa to China and Antarctica

The Guardian - US

Ocean temperatures around Australia 0.5C above June average as UN declares an El Niño

World Meteorological Organization says weather pattern is in place, which for Australia increases risk of drought, heatwaves, bushfires and coral bleaching

The Guardian - AU

Heat, storms and fire risk: Fourth of July weather is nothing to celebrate

Dangerous heat and elevated risks of wildfires are present in parts of the West, with climate change and El Niño both playing a role. Meanwhile, thunderstorms threaten the Midwest and the East Coast.

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Climate-heating El Niño has arrived and threatens lives, declares UN

World Meteorological Organization warns of record temperatures and extreme heat in environmental ‘double whammy’

The Guardian - UK

The Ocean Is Hotter Than Ever — Here’s How It Could Affect Daily Life

Ocean temperatures have been off the charts since mid-March 2023, with the highest average levels in 40 years of satellite monitoring.

Inverse

Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?

Rising temperatures in north Atlantic and drop in Antarctic sea ice prompt fears of widespread damage from extreme weather

The Guardian - UK

El Niño could push global warming past 1.5℃ – but what is it and how does it affect the weather in Europe?

Scientists have warned that 2024 could mark the year when global warming exceeds 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels. They attribute these predictions, at least in part, to the emergence of an El Niño event.

The Conversation

Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo

Scientists say worsening heat waves have a clear link to climate change. This year, a seasonal El Niño pattern will also be adding fuel to the fire.

WEKU

Tuesday briefing: From America to India, record heatwaves are causing chaos – and it’s only June

In today’s newsletter: Why temperatures are increasing so quickly and what that could mean for the future

The Guardian - UK

1,000-year-old wall in Peru was built to protect against El Niño floods, research suggests

The research found flood sediments only on the eastern side of a desert wall built almost 1,000 years ago.

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El Niño: how the weather event is affecting global heating in 2023

Planet is being hit by double whammy of global heating and emerging El Niño

The Conversation

Ocean heat is off the charts – here's what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world

Ocean temperatures have been off the charts since mid-March 2023, with the highest average levels in 40 years of satellite monitoring, and the impact is breaking through in disruptive ways around the world.

The Conversation

Global average sea and air temperatures are spiking in 2023, before El Niño has fully arrived. We should be very concerned

Recent spikes in ocean heat content and average global air temperature have left climate scientists across the world scrambling to find the cause. The global average air temperature, relative to 1850-1900, exceeded the 1.5℃ lower Paris Agreement threshold during part of March and the first days of June. This last…

Bangkok Post

El Niño likely to hit investment sentiment

El Niño is likely to intensify in the second half of this year, affecting investment sentiment in the agribusiness, food and water management sectors, analysts say.

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El Niño 2023: Here's How the Global Weather Phenomenon Could Affect Your Area

The climate pattern El Niño — Spanish for “the little boy” — is back. But despite its reputation, it is not malevolent or even automatically bad.

Space

El Niño is officially here, scientists say

After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.

Bangkok Post

El Niño likely to propel rice exports

Thai rice exports are likely to surpass 8 million tonnes this year, driven by higher global demand as countries rush to stock up to brace for the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon, says Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit.

The Independent UK

El Niño, not avian flu, caused the deaths of hundreds of birds in Mexico, government says

Experts in Mexico say that the warming Pacific ocean currents known as El Niño, not avian flu, were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of birds along Mexico's Pacific coast this year

Radio France Internationale

June off to its hottest start on record between El Niño and climate change

Average global temperatures in early June were the hottest ever recorded by the European Copernicus service, beating previous records by a "substantial margin".

The Hindu

Pacific corals thrived during strongest El Niño, thanks to local currents, study finds

Researchers find Pacific coral reefs thriving during an intense El Nino which should have completely destroyed them

The Week

How La Niña and El Niño affect the weather

A weather pattern known as El Niño has formed over the pacific ocean, and scientists believe it could drastically increase global temperatures and trigger extreme events like droughts and cyclones.

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