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El Niño and Climate Change Converge | Philadelphia News
This year’s El Niño isn’t just weather—it’s a climate time machine, priming 2027 to become the hottest year on record, possibly even hotter than 2024. Blazing through global temperatures atop an accelerating warming trend, it’s fueled by falling aerosols that normally cool things down. The heat surge also means record-breaking atmospheric moisture, setting the stage for more extreme rainfall. Ocean heat is surging eastward, pumping warmth into the atmosphere and triggering a global temperature spike. With ocean temps already shattering records for months, this El Niño could be the strongest…
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