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Moving Beyond Blaming El Niño for Extreme Weather
Original: Taking the blame off El Niño
Commentators are arguing that El Niño should no longer shoulder all the blame for unusual weather around the world. Writers point out that the climate pattern is often used as a catch-all explanation for heat, droughts and floods, while longer-term climate change and local factors play a growing role in extreme events. The discussion asks readers and media to look beyond the cycle when explaining weather disasters.
Why now: Extreme weather events are being widely attributed to El Niño, prompting debate over whether that explanation is overstated.
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