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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

the video in the article does a great job of explaining it, but of course not everybody can or wants to watch the video.

the video said that El Niño is when the ocean between south american and australia heats up by at least 0.5ºC above long term averages, and can cause warmer weather over the next many months, in this case through the end of 2026 and into 2027. it said that they expect the average temp to be above 2ºC higher than long term averages. it also said that wildfire season in canada would not be affected by it, but wildfire season in australia, which is around december 2026, could be especially bad.