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This new El Niño is different

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Screen dump from https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
Screen dump from Copernicus C3S climate pulse showing the status on sea surface temperature (SST) on July 6, 2026. The curve on the left shows the global mean SST -record-high – and the right hand panel presents SST anomailes in the Pacific where the classical El Nino signature is readily seen. Source: https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

There is a new El Niño out there and it was officially declared already on June 11 by NOAA. This is both unusually early in the year and very soon since the last El Niño in 2023-24. Another remarkable thing is the seasonal forecasts, which for a couple of months have indicated that it may well be at strengths by the end of the year that we have not seen before. All these three aspects combined seem to make this El Niño different to the previous ones.

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“The Arctic Council is not dead”

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The 4th UArctic congress on the Faroe islands finished with the message that the Arctic Council is still alive. It has overcome recent setbacks with difficulties concerning two of its member states, Russia and the US. The Arctic Council represents 8 nations together with indigenous peoples and has observers from around the world, and this wide-ranging diversity of course coloured the congress. It was allegedly the largest scientific conference on the Faroe islands ever, as it was combined with the Oceans Connectivity Conference.

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