Happy (?) New U.S. Fiscal Year! As usual, the U.S. doesn’t have a budget so we may see a government shutdown in December -- not coincidentally, after the November election. Meanwhile a Super El Niño is peaking in the Pacific Ocean. www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Studying this super El Niño could save lives. NOAA is scaling back research
A powerful El Niño is already influencing extreme weather around the planet. During the last strong El Niño, federal agencies ramped up research in the hope of improving weather forecasts. This year, ...