El Nino 2024. A natural weather event known as el niño has begun in the pacific ocean, likely adding heat to a planet already warming under climate change. Its greatest impact is in the winter, and it typically lasts for about 1 year.
That strong el niño is now starting to weaken and will likely be gone by late spring 2024. The cyclical el niño effect which helped put the world on track for a heat record this year and is continuing to exacerbate and interfere with weather patterns will.
