El Nino 2015 looks strange with the peak of 1997

This year's El Nino phenomenon is on track to become one of the most horrific incidents of this type ever recorded, and may even be more intense than the historic El Nino in 1997-1998.

The amazing similarity of the El Nino phenomenon in 2015 and 1997

El Nino is a cyclical climate phenomenon that originates from the Pacific tropical region. It is the formation of normal warmer waters in the center and east of the basin, which greatly affects and can increase the average temperature in Pacific waters to 3.5 degrees C.

In addition to heating the oceans, El Nino also directly affects the climate worldwide , such as increasing heavy storms in the western Pacific. Asian countries also suffer from the worst impact of El Nino phenomenon with lethal heat waves in India and Pakistan, drought spread in Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam as well as serious water shortage. in Thailand.

Sea surface temperature is a key factor to assess the strength of an El Nino wave. Experts along with a number of predictive post-production gas models, surface water in the eastern and central Pacific regions this year are likely to increase by more than 2 degrees from the average.

Experts from the World Meteorological Organization warn that this year's El Nino phenomenon is expected to peak at around October 2015 to January 2016 and may be one of the raging events. the most intense ever recorded.

1. Can 2015 El Nino cause more natural disasters?

When comparing the new data collected to El Nino 2015 with El Nino 1997 - 1998 (one of the three most recent rare races caused the Pacific water temperature to record a record of 3.5 degrees Celsius, in addition to the between 1982-1983 and 1972-1973), researchers discovered amazing similarities between them.

Specialist Matt Rehme of the National Oceanic and Climate Administration (NOAA), author of the simulation of the comparison between the two El Nino sessions said: "I was a bit shocked to see that 2015 El Nino looks close. How like this phenomenon in 1997, although it is still too early to tell whether El Nino currently has a record 8 years ago ".

According to experts, even if the 2015 El Nino is recorded as the most intense ever, there is no guarantee that its effects on the world-wide climate will be the same as in 1997-1998.