How Godzilla El Niño is unfolding across the world
The "Godzilla" El Niño of 2026–2027 is rapidly unfolding as one of the most intense "super" El Niño events on record, characterized by an exceptional sea-surface temperature rise of up to 3°C or more in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Triggered heavily by ocean warming and amplified following a 2025 sunspot maximum, this severe weather pattern is interacting with an already overheated global climate system. The extreme conditions are disrupting supply chains, threatening global food security, and driving unprecedented meteorological anomalies across multiple continents simultaneously.
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