Experts: Too soon to predict El Nino effect By ZHAO YIMENG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2026-03-19 07:09

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202603/19/WS69bb30b5a310d6866eb3e8fa.html Dire social media warnings about record-breaking heat and extreme weather conditions this year may be drawing widespread attention, but experts have said that it is too early to predict if a super El Nino — a climate phenomenon marked by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific — will develop this year.