El Ni帽o occurs when tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures are high JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy
The possibility of a record-strength El Ni帽o climate pattern this year is raising alarm among climate scientists, who are watching Pacific Ocean temperatures closely. Even a weaker El Ni帽o on top of human-driven global warming could have sweeping consequences for the climate, ranging from coral reef bleaching in Australia to flooding in East Africa, and also cost the global economy trillions of dollars.
鈥淲e have enough climate madness going on elsewhere without adding an El Ni帽o to it,鈥 says …
