intensification

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“There is high confidence in the onset of El Niño, followed by further intensification in the months that follow,” Wilfran Moufouma-Okia, the organization’s chief of climate prediction, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Researchers say the findings could have major implications if the same rainfall intensification is occurring across the broader Southern Ocean storm belt, which multiple lines of evidence suggest may be the case.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

“The trajectory points toward continued intensification following today’s events,” Al-Basha said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of Hurricane Melissa were made six times more likely by climate change.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Within the last 5,000 years, some of those productive regions witnessed an intensification of Aboriginal food-gathering methods, and a buildup of Aboriginal population density.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond