An El Niño acts as a ‘thermostat by releasing years of accumulated heat from the subsurface tropical Pacific into the atmosphere, warming the entire planet

A strengthening El Niño over record-hot oceans could reshape weather worldwide. Here’s what it means, how it affects us, and what we can still do.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An intensifying El Nino, nature's heat-releasing thermostat that spikes global temperatures, is heading to historically strong levels, the U.S. National Oceanic…