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Forecasters say the current El Niño event, already projected to be one of the strongest on record, may drive extreme weather patterns lasting into 2027. New analysis suggests it could also raise sea levels along the California coast by roughly a foot, a previously underreported consequence of the phenomenon.
A NASA satellite positioned nearly one million miles from Earth photographed three powerful tropical cyclones churning simultaneously in the Pacific Ocean, including category 4 and 5 storms occurring at the same time. Scientists attribute the unusual clustering to an especially strong El Niño pattern currently warming Pacific waters.
Long-range forecasters say early data point to a Super El Niño forming ahead of winter 2026/2027, which is expected to produce a pronounced split-flow jet stream pattern across North America and Europe. The outlook combines ocean temperature trends, historical Super El Niño analogs, and early signs of a weakening polar vortex to project month-by-month temperature and snowfall trends across the US, Canada and Europe.
Forecasters say a powerful El Niño climate pattern is developing and will likely peak in strength during the winter months. This could significantly alter typical snowfall distribution across the United States, favoring some regions with more snow while leaving others drier than usual.
Researchers at the University of Michigan reconstructed ocean surface temperatures over the past millennium using fossilized corals from the Galápagos Islands, concluding that the current El Niño event is the most intense on record for that timeframe. The findings suggest the phenomenon could drive more extreme weather across the U.S., particularly during hurricane season.
The World Meteorological Organization has issued its most confident El Niño forecast ever, putting the odds at nearly 100% that the current event will persist through February 2027. Officials say this El Niño, driven by unusually warm eastern Pacific waters, is on track to become the strongest ever recorded, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres warning it is being 'supersized.' The phenomenon is already disrupting weather patterns globally and is expected to intensify further in coming months.
A new study using coral data going back a millennium finds that human-caused warming appears to be intensifying El Niño events. Researchers say the historical coral record shows a pattern connecting rising global temperatures to more pronounced El Niño swings than in past centuries.
Palaeoclimatologist Julia Cole and colleagues reconstructed a millennium of sea surface temperatures using Galápagos coral skeletons, published in Science. They found that strong El Niño events have occurred more often over the past century, since industrial-era greenhouse gas emissions began, than in the thousand years before it.
Scientists report that ocean surface temperatures have reached their highest levels ever measured, coinciding with an intensifying El Niño weather pattern. The warming trend spans large portions of the world's oceans and is being tracked closely by climate researchers monitoring its effects on marine and atmospheric systems.
Copernicus data shows average ocean surface temperatures reached 21.1C on Saturday, surpassing the previous record of 21.09C set in March 2024. Scientists note the timing is unusual since oceans typically peak in March or April, not August, and this record was set even before El Nino reached its expected peak.
The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service recorded average ocean surface temperatures reaching 70 degrees Fahrenheit this month, the highest level since measurements began, and unusually early since such peaks typically occur in spring. One researcher suggested the reading could be the warmest the oceans have been in 125,000 years, spanning back to the last interglacial period. The spike coincides with a strong El Niño pattern layering on top of long-term human-caused warming.