Could 2026 bring a “super” El Niño?

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[00:00:01][music] [music] [music] >> El Nino is a pattern of the global climate that occurs every few years. And what it is is a pattern of warm sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific that stretches to the East Pacific towards South America. And that pattern of warm sea surface temperatures affects local weather, uh generally causing warmer conditions around the world.

[00:00:45]>> [music] [music] [music] >> El Nino is part of a cyclic effect in the climate, which includes La Nina, which is a cooler um sea surface temperature in the central and eastern Pacific. Uh and that is a associated with cooler overall global temperature. A neutral phase and then El Nino with these warmer temperatures over the Pacific associated with warmer global temperatures.

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