- El Nino can increase the risk of heavy rains and droughts in some places around the world
- It’s El Nino time again
- El Niño could make 2023 the warmest year on record
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, El Nino could create new records in temperature. Currently, the entire world, including India, is grappling with the threat of drought due to intense heat, deadly cyclones and lack of monsoons. Scientists say that the ocean warming phenomenon known as El Nino is now officially here. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), El Nino can set new records in temperature. Especially in areas that already experienced above-average temperatures during El Niño. According to a report, El Nino usually occurs every two to seven years and involves warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures around the equator in the central eastern Pacific Ocean. The last El Niño event was recorded between February and August 2019, although its impact was not significant. Michel El Heureux, a physicist at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, said El Nino can have several effects, such as increased risk of heavy rains and droughts in some places around the world. He said El Nino could set new records for temperature. In the first El Nino event last month, Kelvin waves moved in the equatorial Pacific towards the coast of South America.
It is worth mentioning that in recent years, there has been a change in the atmosphere due to Al Nino around the world. Unseasonal rain is falling in many places, while in some places it is very hot. Experts are also looking at the possibility of the world temperature increasing by two to five degrees in the coming years. As a result, the heat stress on the earth is increasing.
El Niño could make 2023 the warmest year on record
According to the report, there is no information about how much the global temperature will increase due to the arrival of El Nino this year. It can also contribute to global warming exceeding the 1.5 degree Celsius limit in the next five years, which could lead to catastrophic climate change. Josh Willis, a project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, said we are keeping a close eye on this El Niño event. If it’s that big, the world will see record global warming, Willis said. In South-West America we can see rain during the winter season. Global temperatures hit record highs this month, an ominous sign ahead of El Nino. That could potentially make 2023 the hottest year on record.
