From: News.com.au
Meteorologists
have warned a ‘big’ El Niño looms, which could wreak havoc with weather
around the world leading to droughts, floods, storms and devastating
damage.
WEATHER around the globe is poised to unleash havoc as
meteorologists have warned an El Niño is set to return this year. And
it’s going to be a big one.
The phenomenon known as El Niño, which is a temporary change in the
climate of the Pacific Ocean, is rearing its head again bringing with
it the threat of climatic chaos such as floods, drought and severe
storms.
Experts have seen a band of warm water in the Pacific and
New Scientist
has reported this wild weather will return towards
the end of the year with “the tropical climate system primed for a big
El Niño,” Axel Timmermann of the University of Hawaii is quoted.
Other
forecasters, such as Wenju Cai of CSIRO, claims “the more heat in the
Pacific, the bigger the El Niño and right now, 150 metres below the
surface, a ball of warm water is crossing that ocean and it’s huge.” MORE
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