A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active.
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Scientists call another near-record hot year a ‘warning shot’ from a shifting climate
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
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La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season
Forecasters say the warming climate pattern El Niño is officially over. Its cooling counterpart, La Niña, could develop as soon as July — just in time to exacerbate an above-average hurricane season.
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El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat
El Niño helped drive global average temperatures to new records over the last year. Forecasters say it’s waning, but that 2024 may still be one for the record books.
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March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
For the 10th consecutive month, Earth set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high, the European Union climate agency said.
