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Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

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Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29092026/record-breaking-el-nino-grows-in-pacific/

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2026-09-29 · attributed to source

Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it. As a weather and climate research scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Swain has dedicated his life to understanding so-called “outlier events” […]

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2026-09-29 · attributed to source

Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it. As a climate scientist at the California Institute for Water Resources of the University of Californ

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Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it. As a weather and climate research scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Swain has dedicated his life to understanding so-called “outlier events” […]

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Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it. As a climate scientist at the California Institute for Water Resources of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources program, a division of the […]

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Inside Climate News updated the public record of this item. EcoBriefing is comparing source excerpts only — not deciding which version is true. Earlier they reported: “As a weather and climate research scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Swain has dedicated his life to understanding so-called “outlier events” […]” Later they reported: “As a climate scientist at the California Institute for Water Resources of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources program, a division of the […]” Open the original links in the timeline. The claim still belongs to the outlet.

  1. First on desk · 9/29/2026, 10:00:24 AM
    Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name
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  2. Update · 9/29/2026, 10:00:46 PM
    Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name
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Inside Climate News reports the following. EcoBriefing is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with Inside Climate News, which released it. Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it. As a weather and climate research scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Swain has dedicated his life to understanding so-called “outlier events” […] Original link: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29092026/record-breaking-el-nino-grows-in-pacific/

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Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it. As a weather and climate research scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Swain has dedicated his life to understanding so-called “outlier events” […]

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