El Niño’s Return Promises Record-Breaking Climate Extremes Amid Warming

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As a developing El Niño nears, scientists warn that releasing ocean heat will mix with ongoing human-caused warming to heighten heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires globally, potentially producing unprecedented extremes even as long-term warming remains the primary driver of dangerous climate conditions.
- As El Niño Approaches, Scientists Predict Fierce Heatwaves, Wildfires and Floods Inside Climate News
- Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens Bloomberg.com
- 160 million hectares burned and sea temperatures at record highs: 2026 is shaping up to be a year of extreme warming EL PAÍS English
- Global fire outbreaks hit record high as 'unprecedented' heat extremes loom, scientists say Reuters
- EL Nino could trigger extreme fires worldwide in 2026 dw.com
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