Breaking Down: Collapse

Daily Episode 248 - Record Moisture, Record Heat. El Nino is starting to show it's ugly head

Breaking Down: Collapse

Show Notes

As El Nino starts to ramp up, we're seeing record breaking indicators of a rough next 12 months:

‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian news.mongabay.com/2026/09/global-ocean-breaks-records-with-100-days-of-heat-as-el-nino-adds-new-threat/amp/ Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom | South Australian algal bloom | The Guardian With millions of dead oysters and mounting debt, P.E.I. farmers fear they'll lose everything | CBC Radio Hurricane Polo intensifies into Category 5 storm, fueling Southwest flood threat | Fox Weather The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August | Environment | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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