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Amazon's 'flying rivers' of vapor are drying up in an unprecedented drought. Here's how to save them.A record drought, combined with a strong El Niño, is wreaking havoc on the Amazon. If steps aren't taken to curb illegal mining and deforestation, the ecosystem could collapse.
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A strong El Niño is coming this winter. What does that mean?Thanks to El Niño, meteorologists are predict a snowy winter in the Rockies, storms and wet weather in the South and drier conditions in the Northwest and Uppder Midwest.
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Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming eventSizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.
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Global temperatures have been the hottest on record for 3 days in a rowThe world's average temperature was the hottest on record from July 3 to July 5, 2023. Climate change and El Niño are to blame, scientists say.
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1,000-year-old wall in Peru was built to protect against El Niño floods, research suggestsThe research found flood sediments only on the eastern side of a desert wall built almost 1,000 years ago.
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El Niño is officially here, scientists sayAfter months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.
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NASA spots sign of El Niño from space: 'If it's a big one, the globe will see record warming'The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite recorded Kelvin waves moving eastward across the Pacific — a phenomenon often considered a precursor to El Niño.
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Significant El Niño event is almost guaranteed this year, experts warn. And it could be a big one.NOAA researchers have predicted that an ocean-heating event known as El Niño is probably going to arrive in the next few months and persist into 2024.
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The surface of the ocean is now so hot it's broken every record since satellite measurements beganThe upper levels of the ocean have never been this hot. Blame the end of La Niña and the ever-present heating effect of climate change.
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