The Next El Niño Could Lock Earth Into a Hotter Climate

[Bill Sabey]

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25042026/el-nino-earth-warming/

Climate impacts amplified by strong El Niños keep hitting the same vulnerable regions, may be more widespread than previously thought and can persist long after the tropical Pacific cools, according to an El Niño study published December 2025 in Nature Communications. 

The study concluded that “super El Niños” are not just passing weather events, but more like climate shocks that can push parts of the Earth system into new states, co-author Jong-Seong Kug wrote in an email.