June 15, 2026 Doyoung Lim biz.chosun.com El Niño, the natural Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global temperatures, has officially begun, according to the US scientists. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared that El Niño conditions are now underway in the tropical Pacific, with sea surface temperatures having risen sharply in recent months. Many forecasts suggest this could end up as a super El Niño and even be among the strongest ev

Apr 19, 2026 Seoyoung Kang www.noaa.gov According to AFP, the Copernicus Climate Change Institute (C3S) under the European Union (EU) observed the average temperature of the ocean surface in March of this year, 20.97 degrees Celsius. This result is surprising because it is the second-highest ever recorded for March. The high ocean temperature is mainly due to ongoing global warming and El Niño. El Niño is a natural climate pattern characterized by the unusual warming of surfa