Rare triple dip La Niña expected to occur for first time this century

The eastbound Pacific is expected to beryllium unusually acold for the 3rd wintertime successful a row, contributing on with clime alteration to utmost precipitation and drought

Environment 18 November 2022

By James Dinneen

La Niña is contributing to flooding successful Australia

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La Niña conditions successful the eastbound Pacific are expected to proceed for the 3rd wintertime successful a row. This uncommon “triple dip” has contributed to utmost upwind successful galore parts of the world, including dense rains causing flooding successful Australia and a drought down the hunger situation successful the Horn of Africa.

Sea aboveground temperatures successful the tropical Pacific person outsized influence connected planetary atmospheric circulation. A signifier of acold temperatures successful the eastbound Pacific – known arsenic La Niña …