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How This El Niño Compares With Past Peaks

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 23 October 2026, 04:00 UTC ·9 sec listen

Scientists are using 35 years of satellite measurements of sea-surface height to compare this year’s El Niño with the strongest events in the record. The long view helps show how today’s ocean conditions stack up against past peaks.

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