21 reactions · 15 shares | Climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report recent ocean temperature in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean at just 0.1 degrees Celsius below the threshold needed to declare an El Niño. This on top of already rising average global temperatures due to global warming which could exacerbate the impacts of climate change, leading to more intense rain and storms, and even hotter heat waves. | TIME | Facebook