Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch out. Scientists are warning of a coming "super El Niño", which could raise global temperatures above the already accelerating rate of climate heating in 2026 and 2027.
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# Contents
00:00 - What you need to know
00:33 - Who's monitoring and why
01:14 - What is El Niño?
02:44 - Impacts
03:35 - Piling on heat
04:10 - Baby Gilbz
#ElNiño #ClimateCrisis
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Thank you SO MUCH to all my fabulous patrons, I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Charles Vane & Sarah Den ♥️
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References and resources
theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/13/el-nino-explainer
metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/met-office-what-is-el-nino-and-will-we-see-one-this-year
cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf
worldweatherattribution.org/el-nino-key-driver-of-drought-in-highly-vulnerable-southern-african-countries
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-made-the-floods-in-southern-brazil-twice-as-likely
worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-april-may-rainfall-el-nino-and-high-vulnerability-behind-deadly-flooding-in-afghanistan-pakistan-and-iran
https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2024
time.com/article/2026/04/10/super-el-nino-2026-what-to-know
Baier et al. (2022) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029%2F2022GL100906
Raghuraman et al. (2024) acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/11275/2024
Jiang et al. (2025a) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL113733
Jiang et al. (2025b) nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02971-1
Watch out. Scientists are warning of a coming "super El Niño", which could raise global temperatures above the already accelerating rate of climate heating in 2026 and 2027.
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# Contents
00:00 - What you need to know
00:33 - Who's monitoring and why
01:14 - What is El Niño?
02:44 - Impacts
03:35 - Piling on heat
04:10 - Baby Gilbz
#ElNiño #ClimateCrisis
##################################################
Thank you SO MUCH to all my fabulous patrons, I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Charles Vane & Sarah Den ♥️
##################################################
References and resources
theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/13/el-nino-explainer
metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/met-office-what-is-el-nino-and-will-we-see-one-this-year
cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf
worldweatherattribution.org/el-nino-key-driver-of-drought-in-highly-vulnerable-southern-african-countries
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-made-the-floods-in-southern-brazil-twice-as-likely
worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-april-may-rainfall-el-nino-and-high-vulnerability-behind-deadly-flooding-in-afghanistan-pakistan-and-iran
https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2024
time.com/article/2026/04/10/super-el-nino-2026-what-to-know
Baier et al. (2022) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029%2F2022GL100906
Raghuraman et al. (2024) acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/11275/2024
Jiang et al. (2025a) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL113733
Jiang et al. (2025b) nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02971-1
