El Nino forecast as ocean temperatures approach record highs

Ocean temperatures for March hit near-record highs, the European Union's global warming monitor, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said on Friday. The warmest March for oceans on record was in 2024, during which the El Nino climate cycle drove temperatures up. Current records reflect once again "a likely transition toward El Nino conditions," said Copernicus. Last month, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) had similarly forecasted a cycle shift this year. A cooling La Nina cycle will give way to neutral conditions before swinging into El Nino later this year, the organization predicts. How do El Nino and La Nina come about? US registers hottest March in over 130 years In the US, last month was the most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. "One reason that’s so concerning is just the sheer volume of records. This is coming on the heels of what was the worst snow year. And the hottest winter of record," the Associated Press ...