El Niño's Wildfire Wake Up Call: Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather Forecasters predict an impending El Niño will bring devastating wildfires, floods, and heatwaves that will exacerbate long term warming caused by fossil fuel burning.
The climate system is skewed to the point where even moderate weather events can trigger unprecedented extremes.
Scientists have been warning about El Niño's dangers for years, but its impact has grown exponentially due to rising global temperatures.