What a Strong El Niño Could Mean This Fall and Winter
On June 11, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that El Niño has developed in the tropical Pacific. Scientists predicted that this weather condition has a 63% chance of intensifying into a “very strong” El Niño this fall and winter. 鶹ѰBoulder experts are available for media interviews.
Contact cunews@colorado.edu to request an interview.
El Niño:
is an associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. He can discuss:
- The underlying mechanisms of El Niño.
- How El Niño can impact penguins in the Galapagos as well as dengue in Indonesia.
- El Niño’s relationship with climate change.
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is a senior research scientist at CIRES. She can discuss:
- What El Niño and La Niña are.
- El Niño and La Niña’s impacts around the world, including the western United States.
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