New climate projections indicate an increased possibility of the formation of a super El Niño later this year – a scenario that could lead the planet to record new temperature highs by 2027. Projections from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) point to the phenomenon as potentially so intense that it could become the strongest in 140 years. According to atmospheric science professor Paul Roundy from the State University of New York at Albany, in an interview with The Washington Post, there is a real risk of the strongest El Niño in over a century forming due to an exceptionally intense phenomenon between the end of 2026 and the beginning of 2027. El Niño is characterized by an increase of at least 0.5°C in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Unlike a conventional El Niño, the so-called super El Niño is associated with a warming of over 2°C, which is sufficient to alter the climatic patterns of the entire globe and the rainfall regime. The new phenomenon ...