Title: El Niño Is Changing: What Can We Expect from the 2026 Super El Niño?
Abstract: NOAA officially declared the onset of El Niño on June 11, 2026, and current forecasts suggest that it may strengthen further during the 2026–27 winter. This raises a timely question: will this year bring another “super El Niño,” possibly even stronger than the two most recent super El Niño events of 1997–98 and 2015–16?
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