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Why El Niño and global warming could make for a turbulent winter

El Niño is a warming of the ocean's surface in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

El Niño is a warming of the ocean's surface in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Image: Unsplash/ccfrancisbooks

Andrea Willige
Senior Writer, Forum Agenda
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El Niño ocean surface temperature eastern Pacific Ocean
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Map illustrating temperature for warmer-than-average conditions are in the northern tier of the continental United States.
Seasonal temperature outlook for the winter of 2023-24 in the United States. Image: NOAA
Map illustrating the precipitation and wetter-than-average conditions across the South and Southeast and parts of California and Nevada.
Seasonal rain probabilities for the winter of 2023-24 in the United States. Image: NOAA

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Climate change-related risk tops experts’ risk perceptions for the next decade. Image: World Economic Forum

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