Planetary Scale Tipping

“There are more than two dozen climate models from agencies around the world that forecast El Niño conditions, and they often don’t agree. But this year they are more aligned than ever before in predicting that El Niño conditions will last through the end of 2026. This high level of certainty means that many of the expected impacts — intense rainfall in some regions, drought and wildfire in others and an increase in global warming — are very likely to occur.” The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now. (News curators are more prepared than most. We’re already in the fetal position.)

+ Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California. (I really hope the 2026 El Niño ends up being overblown like Y2K.)