Climate at a Glance: El Niño and Global WarmingBullet-Point Summary:
•El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean are natural patterns that have been going on for millions of years.
•El Niño events in the 21stcentury have had some very strong warming spikes.
•If you remove the effect warming El Niño eventsin the climate record, the amount of warming since 2000,you find almost half of the global warming in the 21stcentury is due to El Niño events.
Short Summary:According to NOAA: “El Niño is a naturally occurring climate pattern associated with warming of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which can significantly influence weather patterns, ocean conditions, and marine fisheries worldwide.â€
https://climateataglance.com/el-nino-and-global-warming/
