Super El Niño smashes temperature records months before expected peak

This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

The current El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere in which temperatures are already rising rapidly due to human-caused global heating. This double whammy means 2027 is expected to become the hottest year ever recorded.

“What is happening in the equatorial Pacific is jaw-dropping and could well mark one of the biggest global weather upheavals in a millennium,” said Prof Bill McGuire in the Guardian on Tuesday The hyper El Nino continues to obliterate records www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Godzilla-level El Niño" ... "will spawn a string of weather catastrophes around our world."

🚨 🚨 🚨 ‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak 🚨 🚨 🚨 - The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The current El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years piling more heat into an atmosphere rapidly overheating due to human caused activities. None of this should be a surprise, the science has long been clear. Our governments have failed us. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a statewide state of emergency as the state prepares for a potentially historic “super” El Niño.

WHY does this not frighten the bloody life out of everyone, especially governments, who are the only ones who can seriously do anything about it??? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak The planet is entering uncharted territory. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

El Niño is now the Strongest Ever, with Months yet to Grow thinc.blog/2026/09/21/e...

“El Niño comes and goes, but as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels it occurs on an increasingly hotter baseline, making it much more difficult for communities to deal with the consequences.” El Niño is likely to push 50 million people into acute hunger. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2027 will not be a good year in which to turn 86: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🙄 Oh no, if only we'd known, if only some scientists and experts had warned us about this in time, we might have done something about it... #DumbHumans #WeHaveCookedOurselvesToDeath www.theguardian.com/environment/...

An underestimate. #wildfire has shown us, again and again, that its effects are not restricted to region: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Pacific temperatures smashing records as a "super" El Niño intensifies proves the terrifying reality of accelerated global heating. Supercharging ocean temperatures while leaders delay real action risks catastrophic weather shifts worldwide. Why ignore the warnings? (1/2) 🤔 #ClimateCrisis