According to the latest report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the meteorological phenomenon that will probably develop over the next three months will be insufficient to offset the effects of climate warming.
The La Niña meteorological phenomenon, which will probably develop over the next three months, will be “brief and of low intensity”, and insufficient to offset the effects of climate warming, the UN indicated this Wednesday (11). There is a 55% probability that La Niña will develop “from December 2024 to February 2025”, according to the latest report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
In the previous bulletin, published in September, the probability of La Niña occurring between December and February was estimated at 60%. “The year 2024 began with El Niño and is about to become the hottest year on record,” said WMO Secretary General, Argentine Celeste Saulo. “Even if the La Niña phenomenon, known for temporarily cooling the climate, manifests itself, it will not be enough to offset the warming induced by record levels of greenhouse gases,” he warned.
From February to April 2025, neutral conditions will return, with a 55% probability. In general, La Niña produces climate variations opposite to those associated with El Niño. The phenomenon corresponds to an intense cooling of surface waters in the center and east of the equatorial Pacific, associated with variations in tropical atmospheric circulation, for example winds, pressure and rain, explains the WMO.
The WMO recalls that climatic phenomena of natural origin, such as e are part of a “broader context of climate change” than that related to human activities, “which cause an increase in global temperatures, accentuate extreme weather and climate conditions and alter the temperature and rainy seasons.
*With information from AFP
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