The coming El Niño could be the strongest ever recorded
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Science & technology | Boy problems
That is bad news for a warming world
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Jun 16th 2026|3 min read
HUNDREDS OF YEARS ago Peruvian fishermen noticed that, every few years, the anchovies in the equatorial Pacific Ocean would vanish. Since the disappearances happened around Christmas, they named the event after el niño Jesus—“the Christ child”.
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