Climate Change Is Supercharging El Niño, 1,000 Years of Coral Data Shows The latest research on El Niño's intensification serves as a stark reminder that climate change is not just a gradual trend, but a multifaceted amplifier of extreme weather events.
By supercharging the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), human driven warming sets off a chain reaction of devastating consequences for ecosystems and human societies.
For centuries, El Niño has been a natural phenomenon that brings heavy rainfall to some regions and droughts to others. However, as our planet warms, we're witnessing an unprecedented strengthening of these events.