El Nino may peak at worst time for the Amazon, scientists warn

A little Friday extra ... something to tell your pals over a pint. According to the latest CFSv2 model run, this El Nino has just shy of a 95% chance of breaking 4.0°C above the 1991-2020 baseline in November.

I'll be on @cnn.com International today ~3:30pm ET talking about the wildfires, heat domes and floods we've witnessed this summer, and the role being played by human-caused planetary warming + the effects of an emerging monster El Niño event. Please tune in! www.cnn.com/world

“Human emissions are adding a permanent El Niño worth of heat to the climate system each decade.” Berkeley Earth's @zekehausfather.com spoke with @bennollweather.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com about the future preview coming via this year's record-setting El Niño. Gift link: wapo.st/4htwiBY

BREAKING: Climate projections of this year’s historically strong El Niño are projecting several “super hurricanes” forming at the exact latitude and longitude of Mar-a-Lago.

El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all

"We're expecting the highest sea levels ever recorded on the California Coast." Dr. Mark Merrifield of @scrippsocean.bsky.social explains why El Niño 2026 will be a perfect storm for coastal flooding impacts.

According to a 2023 paper in Science, "El Niño persistently reduces country-level economic growth..." with $4.1 trillion and $5.7 trillion in global income losses attributed to the 1982–83 and 1997–98 El Niño events, respectively.

Europe is baking. Is New Zealand next as ‘super El Niño’ looms? With one of the strongest El Niño events developing in the Pacific, the obvious question is: Are New Zealanders in for the same kind of summer? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

'analysis of corporate filings & earnings call transcripts reveals that businesses globally are rapidly elevating the climate pattern to a primary risk factor, driven by fears of severe supply chain disruptions, extreme weather infrastr. stress, & volatile pricing.' www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Read and redistribute - a really excellent example of the very worrying state we’re in www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A "Godzilla" El Niño colliding with global warming between Oct–Dec threatens to push a degraded Amazon past an irreversible tipping point. With 1/3 of the forest already collapsing, how do we avert catastrophic dieback? 🌳 #ClimateCrisis

Been monitoring the El Niño situation. The UK usually sees a wetter autumn & winter when it's active with its normal temperatures. However, it's upto a couple of degrees higher than usual. There is the risk that after such a dry last spring and summer. It's likely flooding could be a problem.

More climate woes on the way Mankind has missed the boat - and still some resist the science. The planet is not going to recover from the cumulative impact man has had since the late 18th C - still running faster each year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fed needs to preemptively raise rates to take on the super El Nino

“ a period of extreme vulnerability for the forest, which plays a globally important role in stabilising the climate and irrigating crops” www.theguardian.com/environment/...