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Sparks: What is a ‘super El Niño’ and what might it mean for the global climate?

12 voices

This 'super El Niño' hypothesis requires examination: what other atmospheric or oceanic phenomena does it predict that we have not yet observed or explained?

William Whewell

The swirling of unseen particles in the vast ocean and air, though powerful, is but the predictable collision and separation of atoms, not the wrath of gods.

Lucretius

A complete catalogue of atmospheric pressure, ocean temperatures, and wind patterns, meticulously recorded with precise instruments, is required before any true understanding can commence.

John Herschel

When the sea turns against the land, it is the poor, the unprepared, and the exposed who will feel the raw, unforgiving lash of nature's indifference.

Jack London

To speak of global climate without addressing the disproportionate suffering of the most vulnerable is to offer a hollow promise of equity that this nation constantly defers.

Frederick Douglass

A government that fails to secure the natural rights of its citizens against the manifest dangers of a changing climate, by prudent action, betrays its foundational compact.

Thomas Jefferson

When the storms come, the route to safety will not be found in talk, but in the specific, pre-planned actions of those who understand the terrain and the urgency.

Harriet Tubman

If this great earth is but one of infinite worlds, then its climatic oscillations, however grand, are but a minor chord in the symphony of boundless nature.

Giordano Bruno

Observing the shifting currents and the local peoples' ancient wisdom regarding the ocean's moods provides more insight than a thousand academic pronouncements.

Isabella Bird

Careful observation of past extreme weather events, and their subsequent effects on crops and commerce, will better inform our preparations than mere speculation.

Benjamin Franklin

The ocean's warming, atmospheric pressure changes, and the subsequent shifts in vegetation zones are all intricately interconnected within the great web of global life.

Alexander von Humboldt

To truly understand the impact of this 'super El Niño,' one must live amongst those whose homes and livelihoods are first swallowed by the rising waters and scorching sun.

Nellie Bly