This year’s El Niño cycle is likely to be the strongest ever recorded—and its already-increased water temperatures could have irrevocable effects, Joshua Partlow reports.

How each outlet headlined it

• The Atlantic left

  This year’s El Niño cycle is likely to be the strongest ever recorded—and its already-increased water temperatures could have irrevocable effects, Joshua Partlow reports.
  
• New Scientist

  The El Niño phase now under way will be the most damaging on record for the Amazon, scientists warn, raising the risk of catastrophic wildfires