"It's warming of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean. That's what El Niño is. An unusually warm blob of water near the Galapagos Islands, 3,500 miles from California," Daniel Swain @Weather_West, @ucanr climate scientist, told @jessicagarrison
Super El Niño is here. California is under a state of emergency. And there's another danger: talking about climate physics at a party.
We asked three California-based scientists for some tips on how to speak knowledgeably — and to avoid getting it wrong.
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