Puerto AyoraGalápagos coral cores reveal a fiercer El Niño.
The swings reshape rainfall across a third of humanity’s food systems.
Coral strontium ratios track temperature, and University of Michigan researchers found today’s swings 36.5% stronger than before 1850.
Study co-author Cole expects the current El Niño, still developing, to break records.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- coral paleoclimate reconstruction of 1,000 years shows current El Niño is most violent on record
Sources: Ars Technica