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Scientists: 2016 likely to be hottest year on record despite looming La Niña
(Eco Business, 27 May 2016) The phenomenon known as El Niño, which combined with human-caused warming to supercharge global temperature in 2015/16 and brought chaotic weather worldwide, is officially on its way out. But stepping quickly into El Niño’s shoes is its cooler counterpart, La Niña.
Carbon Brief has been speaking to climate scientists about what it all means. Despite La Niña’s propensity to drag down global temperature, so exceptional is the warming we’ve seen so far this year that 2016 is still likely to top the charts as the hottest year on record.
But we should expect 2017 to be cooler than 2016, as the world begins to feel the full force of La Niña, scientists say.
El Niño is over
The
El Niño
that left such a
mark
on weather, crop yields and water supplies in 2015/16 is firmly on its way out.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology
this week
became
the first of the world’s major weather organisations to
officially declare it dead
.
Eco Business, 27 May 2016: Scientists: 2016 likely to be hottest year on record despite looming La Niña 
