El Niño occurs when tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures are high JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy
The possibility of a record-strength El Niño climate pattern this year is raising alarm among climate scientists, who are watching Pacific Ocean temperatures closely. Even a weaker El Niño on top of human-driven global warming could have sweeping consequences for the climate, ranging from coral reef bleaching in Australia to flooding in East Africa, and also cost the global economy trillions of dollars.
“We have enough climate madness going on elsewhere without adding an El Niño to it,” says Pedro DiNezio…
