Once-in-a-century ‘super’ El Niño in the cards as ocean temperatures reach near record highs in April

By Patrick Pester – Live Science

Ocean temperatures reached a near-record-breaking monthly high in April as forecasters warn that we could be on the cusp of one of the strongest El Niño events of the century.

El Niño is the warm phase of a multi-year natural climate pattern that increases global temperatures. Forecasters have predicted that there’s a one in four chance that an unusually strong, or “super” El Niño, could emerge this year, with new data suggesting that warming El Niño conditions will soon be upon us.