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El Niño and climate change: what’s the difference?

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Farmers use diesel-powered pumps and long hoses to draw water from Telaga Merdada for nearby farmland in Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, on September 26, 2026. The water level at the lake has dropped by approximately three meters over the past three months, increasing the need for farmers to pump water to irrigate agricultural land. (Topen Anggara/Getty Images)
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Experts say climate change and El Niño are set to crash into one another in the coming year. But what’s the difference between them? We’re taking a closer look with some help from NASA and climatologist Dave Phillips. First, a detailed look at what’s been happening on our planet for the last one-hundred plus years. NASA’s scientific visualization studio shows us these changes in seconds, not decades.

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