El Niño is here—and it will ‘pour fuel on the fire of a warming world’

El Niño is officially here—and it could be one of the strongest in our National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s historic record. With our oceans already warming from the burning of fossil fuels and human-caused climate change, El Niño adds even more heat.  That means the climate pattern has the potential to amplify weather extremes like droughts, floods, and more damaging forest fires. It could also disrupt fishers and lead to crop loss in certain regions of the world. [Im...