El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies
An intensifying El Nino pushed sea surface temperatures in a key Pacific monitoring region to a record 29.70C in September, the EU’s Copernicus climate…
According to France 24, an intensifying El Nino pushed sea surface temperatures in a key Pacific monitoring region to a record 29.70C in September, the EU’s Copernicus climate service said Monday.
Forecasters expect the weather pattern, which raises drought and flood risks and exacerbates global warming, to become the strongest ever recorded this year.
This environment story centres on France. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include El Nino, Pacific and EU’s Copernicus.
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