(ORDO NEWS) — Australian scientists from the State Association for Scientific and Applied Research (CSIRO) studied more than 30 climate models showing the impact of the El Niño phenomenon on world weather.
They concluded that the warming of the Pacific Ocean associated with El Niño could accelerate the melting of glaciers in Antarctica and cause various weather disasters in South and North America.
A stronger manifestation of the El Niño climate phenomenon (the shift of heated surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean to the east), which is expected at the end of 2023, can accelerate the irreversible melting of Antarctic ice.
This conclusion was made by the experts of Australia’s leading scientific agency CSIRO.
Scientists have analyzed 31 climate models and found that a powerful El Niño event could accelerate deep ocean warming while slowing surface warming as westerly winds along Antarctica’s continental plume become less intense, according to The Guardian.
An increase in temperature at depth will lead to accelerated melting of the ice sheet and ice shelves.
According to CSIRO Chief Scientist Dr. Wenju Tsai, the consequences of these processes will lead to a “climate double whammy” in different regions of the Earth.
It will be driven by both rising sea levels and more severe weather disasters.
In particular, due to El Niño in the east of Australia, heat, droughts and forest fires may intensify, while powerful floods await Peru, Chile and the US state of California.
Sea ice around Antarctica hit an all-time low this year. Scientists report that they have never seen such an extreme situation before.
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