The world may never go back to how it was after this monster El Niño
New Scientist · Michael Le Page ·
This El Niño is forecast to end around June next year after smashing all records, but its impacts could persist indefinitely in some parts of the world
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The current El Niño is already the strongest on record and is forecast to get even stronger, peaking around November or December. Though it should be over by June next year, the effects of this monster event will continue to be felt long after that.
"I expect that this super El Niño event will drive multiple climate regime shifts like we've seen after past super El Niño events," says hurricane specialist Jeff Masters. "Regime shifts tend to cause considerable trouble – significant disruptions to ecosystems and to the humans that depend on them."
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