Super El Niño

Recently, scientists warned that a possible super El Niño could intensify global extreme weather and push temperatures to record highs.

  • Super El Niño is an exceptionally strong phase of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
  • It occurs when sea surface temperatures rise ≥2°C above normal in the central/eastern Pacific.
  • ENSO is a coupled ocean-atmosphere system influencing global climate patterns.
  • During El Niño, weakened trade winds allow warm water to spread eastward.
  • A super El Niño amplifies impacts on rainfall, droughts, storms and heatwaves.
  • Typically recurs every 3-7 years, but super events are rare.
  • Effects: droughts in India, Australia, Africa; heavy rains in Americas and parts of Asia.
  • Can significantly raise ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Ecology & Environment