The Coral Chronicles: Unraveling the Mystery of Intensifying El Niños In recent years, scientists have sounded the alarm on the increasing frequency and intensity of El Niño events, but a new study published in Science sheds light on their relationship to climate change.
By examining fossilized and living corals around the Galapagos Islands, researchers reconstructed ocean temperatures over the past 1,000 years, providing a unique window into the past.
The data is striking: El Niño events have become markedly stronger compared to the pre industrial period, with a significant spike in extreme eastern Pacific El Niños in recent decades.