Is Climate Change Strengthening El Niño?

The question of whether the effects of El Niño have become more extreme in recent decades, as climate change has intensified, hasn’t accrued a consensus among scientists. But now, new research released last week, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and published in Science, strengthens the link between El Niño activity and climate change. ...

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