Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

14 days ago by Midnight to c/collapse

As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Eastern Pacific, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything we've previously seen, it doesn't even fit on the same axis.”

Jagget 15 points 14 days ago

El Exxon

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Steve 9 points 14 days ago

As long as you dont call it climate change or global warming.

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PlasticQuality7519 8 points 14 days ago

El Hombre

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BooBees 5 points 14 days ago

El adolescente would be next

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PlasticQuality7519 2 points 14 days ago

Actually yeah, it’s more extreme that way

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adwijoma 7 points 14 days ago

Instead of giving it a Spanish name, how about "white, fat oil industry billionaire"?

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dumnezero 5 points 14 days ago

We’re going into extreme territory with this one, probably record breaking. It’s possible we could have another one in a couple years. But it would be pretty hard to have another strong one just a couple years from now because this one looks like it really will discharge the battery. But simultaneously, the battery is getting larger and refilling more quickly with global warming.

So it’s a bigger and bigger battery over time. The vast majority of the energy that’s accumulating in the Earth’s system due to climate change is stored in the oceans. So El Niño is one of the ways that the ocean “burps” out this extra heat.

The important part.

Let's call it a "+1.5℃ ENSO event." It is a bit climate chaos debt coming due.

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Jubei_K_08 2 points 14 days ago

El Muchacho 👍

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