Climate change: El Niño ends with uncertainty over cooler future - BBC News

The natural event that adds to global warming has ended but scientists are unsure of what comes next.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsClimateImage source, NurPhotoBy Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentThe powerful El Niño weather event which along with climate change has helped push global temperatures to new highs, has ended, say scientists.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology says the Pacific Ocean has "cooled substantially" in the past week.

This naturally occurring episode that began last June brought warmer waters to the surface of the Pacific, adding extra heat to the atmosphere.

But what happens next is uncertain, say researchers.

A string of recent global monthly high temperature records has led some scientists to fear that the world could be tipping into a new phase of even faster climate change.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68826152

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