The Bureau of Meteorology has declared El Niño active, with models suggesting it could be the strongest on record. Despite current wet conditions in Australia, El Niño typically leads to drier weather in the latter half of the year, impacting temperatures, snow seasons, fire risk, and tropical cyclones.
A potentially strong El Nino is developing in the Pacific, with the WMO expecting conditions to emerge soon and continue into winter. This phenomenon could trigger drought, flooding, heat waves, and disrupt food/water supplies globally, with some forecasters calling it the strongest in 140 years.
El Nino has set in, according to the European weather agency, with Pacific Ocean temperatures crossing the 0.5°C threshold, likely to impact global weather and the Indian monsoon.
The Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million network of ocean sensors, is being decommissioned due to budget cuts, affecting research on ocean circulation, marine ecosystems, and climate change.
Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study WASP-94A b, a tidally locked gas giant. They discovered morning skies are cloudy while evening skies are clear, challenging previous assumptions about exoplanet atmospheric composition.
South Asia faces a looming water crisis due to expected below-average monsoon rainfall and extreme heat, exacerbated by poor internal water governance and strained transboundary cooperation.
