Forecasters say the warming climate pattern El Niño is officially over. Its cooling counterpart, La Niña, could develop as soon as July — just in time to exacerbate an above-average hurricane season.
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El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat
El Niño helped drive global average temperatures to new records over the last year. Forecasters say it’s waning, but that 2024 may still be one for the record books.
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March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
For the 10th consecutive month, Earth set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high, the European Union climate agency said.