One thing is now almost certain – or as certain as it gets with forecasting and climate: El Niño is here to stay, at least through the fall, and most likely through the end of the year. Models show it’s been growing steadily stronger since the spring.
Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Bill Patzert, climate scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTech, about what the latest models are showing, and what we might expect from a strong El Niño year.
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- Bill Patzert, climate scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTech.
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