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ScienceEl Niño pushes Pacific temperature to record as pattern intensifies

An intensifying El Niño lifted sea surface temperatures in a key Pacific monitoring area to a record 29.70°C in September, the EU’s Copernicus climate service said Monday. Forecasters expect the pattern, which heightens drought and flood risks and worsens global warming, to be the strongest on record this year.

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El Niño pushes Pacific temperature to record as pattern intensifies
El Niño pushes Pacific temperature to record as pattern intensifiesScience