El Niño is more intense because of climate change, study finds

New research indicates that El Niño has gotten stronger because of climate change. As the world warms, El Niño can be expected to intensify heat waves and storms even more dramatically.

Scientists have had a long-running debate about El Niño: Is the weather pattern entirely natural, or is its severity influenced by climate change? A new study offers strong evidence of the latter.

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