Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says

Exclusive: Meteorologists say climate change and the amount of heat being added to the oceans make predictions based on the past less reliable

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The Bureau of Meteorology is shifting the way it communicates about climate phenomena like El Niño and La Niña, because global heating is making predictions based on the past less reliable.

This week the bureau kept the country on a “La Niña watch” and said if the climate system in the Pacific does develop, it’s likely to be short-lived and weak.

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