Scientists have said they're already concerned about the implications of a 'super' El Niño.
The phenomenon forms some of the Earth’s most important weather systems, affecting temperatures and rainfall around the world. El Niño refers to the warming of the sea surface temperature and is a phenomenon that occurs every few years, according to the It is declared when the temperatures in the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean reach 0.5°C above average.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said temperatures in the central and tropical Pacific Ocean have passed the 0.5°C threshold already. Widespread rainfall, severe drought and heat waves will come soon The effects of a super El Niño could be graver than a regular one. A super El Niño is typically more intense, with ocean temperatures exceeding 2°C above average.
Scientists have said they’re already concerned about the implications of a ‘super’ El Niño, with Professor Adam Scaife, head of monthly to decadal prediction at the UK Met Office, telling the‘This means that the actual temperatures in affected regions could well be unprecedented, as the warming from El Niño is being topped up by El Niño naturally boosts the Earth’s temperatures during the cycle, but the Earth is hotter than ever before – meaning the effects could be deadly. Mohamed Adow, director of campaign group Power Shift Africa, told the BBC: ‘An El Niño declaration is not just another weather forecast – for millions of people it is a deadly siren to be feared.
I watched as rioters set fire to my house and destroyed my dead dad's belongings‘It means failed rains, dying crops, rising food prices, and families pushed to the edge yet again. In East Africa, especially, this will land on communities already battered by droughts and floods in recent years.
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