Why this El Niño is different from all the others | ABC NEWS // TRAIN BRAIN

Why this El Niño is different from all the others | ABC NEWS

The El Niño brewing in the Pacific Ocean is already breaking records, and it is months away from its peak. How does it stack up against the strongest El Niño in living memory? Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5
00:00 Intro
01:17 Fishermen discover El Niño
02:20 How it works
03:07 The record-breaking 1982-83 El Niño
04:30 The 2026-27 El Niño so far
05:16 Is climate change making stronger El Niños?
Decades of research have deepened our understanding of how Pacific Ocean temperatures shape global weather, leaving countries better prepared than ever for potential impacts.
But questions remain over how El Niño, and its cooler counterpart La Niña, will behave in a warming world.
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