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El Niño is laying the foundations for unprecedented global temperatures next year (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So we are all fucked, globally. Are they going to start closing borders or what?

We going to get super mass immigration soon?

[–] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Australia is already committed to allowing the country of Tuvalu to resettle here. Similar to what NZ and the US allow with other Pacific Island nations.

Whether this type of agreement is extended to larger countries is another question entirely.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Small island nations with similar heritage to much larger countries is a different matter to all of Africa, Middle East and Indian subcontinent using it as an excuse to get into Europe.

[+] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Chinzon@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't know if youre being facetious or are genuinely unaware of how devastating this is on our natural and societal foundations. The further our climate slips away from the predictable seasons our agriculture was built upon, the increasingly likely our society as we know it runs the risk of abrupt collapse.

[–] kippinitreal@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

At this point it's pretty inevitable. So I kinda empathize with OP to at least try and see the silver lining on this horribly dark cloud. Not saying burying your head under the sand is a good thing, but it might let folk breathe for a second (pun intended)

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The current El Niño phase of the Pacific Ocean is forecast to peak during the coming months as one of the strongest on record, laying the platform for unprecedented global temperatures through 2024.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) concurred with NOAA's intensity assessment, however both organisations have cautioned against drawing conclusions on the subsequent change in weather.

The complex relationship between El Niño and weather patterns is especially relevant to Australia where the rainfall impact diminishes during summer while temperatures remain unusually high.

This means that while Australia's rainfall should gradually shift to resemble a conventional summer pattern during the coming months, our temperatures are likely to remain well above average.

An additional influence on our upcoming summer temperatures is Earth's record warm seas, which according to the WMO's Global Seasonal Climate Update strongly favour ongoing warmth for Australia.

Thankfully, the alternating phases of the Indian Ocean, unlike El Niño and La Niña, do not linger through Australia's summer and the subsequent impact on our weather has completely faded by January.

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[–] alwaysfallingupyup@lemmings.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

uh huh. didnt they say that about this last summer? this is getting old

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, they didn't in Australia. I was posting articles to this community 4 months ago from the BOM debating whether it was going to be a neutral year or El Nino, having just come off cool La Nina years.

Please don't make stuff up.

You can see the cool years in the ENSO update here. This is our first El Nino summer in a while. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/

Edit: 4 months ago, BOM had us at "alert" - https://aussie.zone/post/424089

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

What till you hear about the summer after next... And every summer after