A gigantic tongue of warm water is crossing the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which clearly indicates the emergence of El Niño, just as had been forecast for several months.
Daniele Ingemi Meteored Italy
Observations from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, the result of collaboration between NASA and ESA, are unequivocal. The data show a warm water mass extending hundreds of kilometers and moving eastward, heading directly toward the coasts of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is an extraordinary phenomenon that once again demonstrates the remarkable ability of modern science to monitor our planet’s major processes in real time.
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