The Pacific's Climate Wild Card
From Sanity Check by Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
June 5, 2026 · 11 min
About this episode
David R. Legates explores the powerful climate phenomenon of El Niño and its global implications.
El Niño may begin as a patch of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean, but its effects can be felt across the globe. In this episode of Sanity Check, David R. Legates explores one of the most powerful climate phenomena on Earth and explains why forecasters are closely watching the possibility of a particularly strong El Niño developing in the months ahead. What exactly is El Niño? Why are scientists watching the Pacific Ocean so closely this year? And how can changing ocean temperatures n...
People in this episode
Host: David R. Legates
Topics covered
- climate phenomena
- El Niño
- ocean temperatures
- global effects
- weather forecasting
Keywords
- El Niño
- climate
- Pacific Ocean
- weather
- ocean temperatures
- forecasting
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Pacific Ocean
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