Many forecasts suggest this could end up as a so-called "super" El Niño, and even be among the strongest ever recorded. Coming on top of decades of humancaused warming, BBC reported.
it could bring another record-hot year most likely in 2027 with disruption to weather, food supplies and economies running well into that year. This announcement by NOAA is not a surprise as forecasters have expected this warming phase, after the cooler "sister" pattern, La Niña, ended earlier this year. Sea surface temperatures in the central and tropical Pacific have now passed the 0.5C-above-average threshold that US scientists use to define an El Niño event.
