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Super El Niño of 2026 Drives Record Ocean Heat and Extreme Weather

The 2026 Super El Niño is rapidly intensifying, pushing ocean temperatures to unprecedented highs and fueling fears of severe weather worldwide, with scientists linking its strength to human-driven climate change.

Read the full story → · Latest coverage 3 Sept 2026, 6:01 pm UTC

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UK Met Office warns of unprecedented El Niño and risks

Coventry Telegraph ↗

El Niño already the strongest since records began

New Scientist ↗

World's oceans hit highest temperature on record

BBC News - Science & Environment Science ↗

Global sea surface temperature breaks record as El Niño gains strength

Business Line - Home ↗

Coral records show El Niño now much more intense

Science Magazine ↗

Corals show El Niño is intensifying as planet warms

Japan Times ↗

El Niño Has Become a Doom Loop

The Atlantic ↗

Map shows where 2026 'super' El Niño could bring extremes

The Hill ↗

UN and WMO warn El Niño will last until February 2027

India Today ↗

El Niño 2026 confirmed as strongest in 1,000 years by new research

Fast Company ↗

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  1. New Map Reveals Where This ‘Super’ El Niño Will Hit Hardest, and It’s Not Pretty
    Gizmodo Tech
  2. Primavera no Brasil: estação traz chuvas intensas e altas temperaturas; veja a previsão
    Notícias ao Minuto
  3. "Un avant-goût de notre avenir" : le phénomène météorologique El Niño pourrait causer 451 000 décès supplémentaires d'ici février 2027
    Franceinfo
  4. ‘Super El Niño’ projected to cause 15,800 additional heat deaths in India, says report
    The Hindu
  5. Super El Niño vai gerar onda de calor com elevação extrema de temperatura nos próximos dias em seis estados do Brasil
    CNN Brasil

32 articles

  1. Strong El Niño Could Increase Heat-Related Deaths Worldwide, New Report Warns
    Top World News- News18.com
  2. Super El Niño alcança intensidade recorde para setembro, meses antes do período em que o fenômeno costuma atingir seu pico
    CNN Brasil
  3. El Niño-driven heat could cause half a million extra deaths, report says. Here's where
    CBC News
  4. El Niño: Έως και 450.000 επιπλέον θάνατοι από την ακραία ζέστη μέσα στους επόμενους έξι μήνες
    Ta Nea
  5. Scientists warn super El Nino could cause 450,000 deaths: Should we worry?
    Al Jazeera

5 articles

  1. US heading for unprecedented El Niño winter: Here's what to expect
    Live Science
  2. This year’s El Niño just broke another sobering record
    Scientific American Content: Global Science
  3. Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak
    BBC News - Science & Environment Science
  4. ‘Unprecedented’ El Nino is already breaking weather records before peak, Met Office warns
    The Independent
  5. Super El Niño breaks the temperature record months BEFORE its peak - as scientists warn it will be largest in at least 1,000 years
    Daily Mail

2 articles

  1. ‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak | El Niño southern oscillation
    World News News
  2. ‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
    Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian