The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that this past September had been the hottest September ever recorded last Wednesday (October 15th). They also discovered that the span of time between January and September had been the hottest period in History. This record breaking heat is due to a strong El Niño weather pattern, a process in which the ocean releases copious amounts of hot air into the atmosphere. The last time this issue arose (1997-1998), the temperatures weren't nearly as high. El Niño is also known to complete change weather patterns and cause massive natural disasters. These conditions include drought (such as the one occurring in California), flooding dispersed over large areas, and annual weather patterns to completely shift.
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The ever lasting causes of greenhouse warming combined with the horrendous effects of El Niño are already contributing to global changes. Forest fires in Indonesia, elongated drought in Australia and Ethiopia, and the food crisis emergency across the entire continent of Africa. Greenhouse emissions have not solved itself, and it's important to pay attention to this crisis that has been and will continue to affect the United States as well as the entire world around us.
source -- NY Times
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