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Taking the blame off El Niño
A new report argues that El Niño should not automatically be blamed for extreme weather events, suggesting other climate factors may play a larger role than commonly assumed. The piece examines how the phenomenon has become a catch-all explanation for droughts, floods and heatwaves, and calls for a more careful attribution of causes. Coverage is prompting debate among climate observers about how weather anomalies are explained to the public.
Why now: Ongoing extreme weather events are being attributed to El Niño, and the claim challenges that conventional explanation.
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