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Record El Niño Amplifies Fossil-Fuel Warming, Triggers Global Extremes

6/11/2026

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NOAA confirmed an El Niño formed in the Pacific and could be among the largest recorded.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned the emerging El Niño is a climate signal amplifying fossil-fuel warming.
Scientists said the El Niño may intensify heatwaves in India, worsen Australian droughts and wildfires, and cause flooding in South America, economists warn it could slow U.S. growth while researchers link it to fossil-fuel emissions, though they say trend is unconfirmed.

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NOAA confirmed an El Niño formed in the Pacific and could be among the largest recorded.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned the emerging El Niño is a climate signal amplifying fossil-fuel warming.
Scientists said the El Niño may intensify heatwaves in India, worsen Australian droughts and wildfires, and cause flooding in South America, economists warn it could slow U.S. growth while researchers link it to fossil-fuel emissions, though they say trend is unconfirmed.