Natural Sciences Active Updated Aug 28, 2026

Climate change is supercharging El Niño beyond anything in 1,000 years

A 1,000-year coral-based temperature record from the Galapagos shows recent El Niño events are more extreme than any in the past millennium, adding physical evidence that climate change is intensifying a natural cycle that drives floods, droughts and fisheries collapses worldwide. The stakes are whether this trend continues and how much worse El Niño-driven extremes get as warming continues.

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    Researchers analyzing a coral-based, 1,000-year temperature record from the Galapagos Islands found recent El Nino events are more extreme than any in that record, giving direct physical evidence that climate change is intensifying the El Nino cycle beyond its natural historical range.

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