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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1260990" data-attributes="member: 44954"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24889-devastating-el-nino-events-to-double-this-century.html#.Utznkfbna34" target="_blank">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24889-devastating-el-nino-events-to-double-this-century.html#.Utznkfbna34</a>Extreme El Niño events, that can kill tens of thousands of people, will be twice as common this century because of climate change. The finding adds to the evidence that global warming will cause ever more extreme weather."The reason is quite simple," says Cai. The eastern Pacific is warming faster than the western Pacific. As a result, even if surface temperature fluctuations stay the same as today, peak temperatures will still happen more often in the east. Since rainfall follows peak temperature, big disruptions to rainfall will be more common.</blockquote>