Main finding:
Record warm central equatorial Pacific Ocean temperatures during the 2015/16 El Niño appear to partly reflect an anthropogenically forced trend. Whether they reflect changes in El Niño variability remains uncertain.
Larger report:
EEE 2016 = Explaining Extreme Events of 2016 from a Climate Perspective
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