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Perspective - Hotter summers and colder winters: El Nino set to intensify extreme weather, scientist says

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 135 words · By Stuart Norval
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Why it matters

The stakes turn on whether readers accept that The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the El Nino phenomenon is set to develop in the Pacific between now and the end of August. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the El Nino phenomenon is set to develop in the Pacific between now and the end of August.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the El Nino phenomenon is set to develop in the Pacific between now and the end of August”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned of El Niño developing rapidly between July and September. While the claim specifies 'by the end of August', the evidence from multiple sources confirms the WMO's warnings regarding the development of El Niño in the Pacific during this specific timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The highest temperature recorded on Earth has been measured in three major ways: air, ground, and via satellite observation. Air measurements are used as the standard measurement because of persistent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophys…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organizat…
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Claim 2: “Climate scientist at the University of Oxford, Chloe Brimicombe”
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The claim is directly verified by official University of Oxford department pages and multiple independent reports identifying Dr. Chloe Brimicombe as a climate scientist at the University of Oxford.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chloe is a climate scientist whose research focuses on the impacts of extreme heat and other types of extreme weather on society and policy and ...
https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-chloe-brimicombe
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... Brimicombe, a climate scientist at Oxford University ... Chloe Brimicombe, a climate scientist at Oxford University who researches extreme heat.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chloe-brimicombe-666173114_fr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr Chloe Brimicombe is an award-winning climate scientist focusing on the interactions between climate change and extreme heat, with a focus on social ...
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/find-an-expert/dr-chloe-brimicombe
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