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El Niño and La Niña are powerful climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean that influence weather across the globe. New forecasts suggest the current La Niña is breaking down quickly, with conditions potentially tipping toward El Niño by winter. How likely is this shift and what could it mean for UK weather?
El Niño events often increase global temperaturesEl Niño and La Niña describe the largest natural swings in Earth’s climate system. Every few years, conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean change dramatically, triggering knock-on effects for weather, ecosystems, and economiesworldwide. These events can influence everything from rainfall and heatwaves to wildfire risk, and in the case of El Niño, they can even push global temperatures higher.
What is El Niño?
To understand El Niño, it helps to start with what usually happens in the Pacific. Under neutral conditions, steady ‘trade’ winds blow east to west along the equator, pushing warm surface water from South America toward Asia and Australia. As that warm water moves west, colder water rises from the depths near the Americas in a process
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