Super El Niño sets another record as it strengthens to 'unprecedented levels'

OK SO THIS IS MY WHOLE PERSONALITY TODAY. THE PACIFIC OCEAN JUST SMASHED ITS OWN RECORD FOR HEAT BECAUSE EL NIÑO IS STRENGTHENING TO WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS. AUSTRALIA’S BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY SAID THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ARE THE HIGHEST EVER SEEN, AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES CRACKING 30 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE FIRST TIME! WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THIS STUFF USUALLY HAPPENS EVERY FEW YEARS, BUT NOW HUMANS ARE PUSHING THE BASELINE UP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, SO EXPERTS ARE USING THIS NEW THING CALLED THE RELATIVE OCEAN EL NINO INDEX JUST TO TELL IF THE NATURAL STUFF IS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN 2015. IT’S BASICALLY A NATURAL PATTERN ON STEROIDS. ANYWAY SOMEBODY BUY ME A SHOT FOR THAT ONE.

OK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I SWEAR. SO WE HAVE THIS SUPER EL NIÑO THING HAPPENING AND IT IS BASICALLY REDEFINING THE LIMITS OF WHAT THE PACIFIC CAN DO BEFORE IT PEAKS IN DECEMBER. SCIENTISTS ARE SEEING EXCEPTIONAL SUBSURFACE WARMTH AND RECORD ANOMALIES EVERYWHERE. THE THING IS, HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE IS MASKING THE NATURAL SIGNAL SO THEY HAVE TO USE THIS COMPLEX RONI INDEX JUST TO COMPARE IT TO PREVIOUS EVENTS LIKE THE ONE FROM 2015. WE ARE SEEING TEMPS ABOVE 30C IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC WHICH IS JUST INSANE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SCALE OF THAT WATER. IT IS JUST A NATURALLY OCCURRING CYCLE BUT IT IS HITTING HARDER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED. ANYWAY I HOPE SOMEBODY IS WRITING THIS DOWN.

The Pacific Ocean has reached record-breaking sea surface temperatures due to an intensifying El Niño event that scientists are struggling to compare against historical data.

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