What Is El Niño? Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global Economy
Ritsuko KawaiScienceAug 17, 2026 5:28 PMWhat Is El Niño? Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global EconomyThis year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record. Not all impacts are bad—the parched Southwest, for example, is likely to see more winter precipitation—but anticipating them is the key to being prepared.What exactly is happening now, and what might happen in the coming months?
- ▪Ritsuko KawaiScienceAug 17, 2026 5:28 PMWhat Is El Niño?
- ▪Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global EconomyThis year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record.
- ▪Not all impacts are bad—the parched Southwest, for example, is likely to see more winter precipitation—but anticipating them is the key to being prepared.What exactly is happening now, and what might happen in the coming months?
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Ritsuko KawaiScienceAug 17, 2026 5:28 PMWhat Is El Niño? Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global EconomyThis year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest on record. This is what impacts to expect and how bad it could get.Photo-Illustration: JUAN GAERTNER/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyEl Niño looks to reach an intensity unprecedented in recorded history.Characterized by warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, El Niño occurs every few years.
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