Sea surface temperature

El Niño has strengthened in the last 40 years to a level not seen in the thousand years before industrialization

El Niño has strengthened in the last 40 years to a level not seen in the thousand years before industrialization

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An analysis of living and fossil corals from the Galapagos Islands found that the variability of the El Niño-La Niña system in the eastern Pacific Ocean is now 36.5% higher than it was during the pre-industrial millennium. The strengthening is mainly due to
Four images illustrating the effects of the climate crisis in Europe: heat, retreating snow and glaciers, fires and abnormal sea temperatures. Credit: WMO / ECMWF / Copernicus Climate Change Service

Europe in 2025: Heat waves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle, peak fires and retreat of snow and glaciers

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The ECMWF and WMO European Climate Status Report found that 95% of Europe experienced above-average heat, 70% of rivers flowed below average, and more than 10,000 square kilometers burned.
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