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El Niño's Unprecedented Ocean Warming: A Record Broken

The numbers are stark: daily sea surface temperatures in the El Niño development zone have broken every record in the historical ledger. This is not a marginal uptick; it is a clear, empirical signal that the ocean's heat engine is operating at an unprecedented intensity. We treat these measurements as calibrated warnings, not anomalies. For context on how such climatic stress reshapes global logistics, our piece on reduced canal transits offers a parallel view. Understanding these extremes is the first step toward meaningful adaptation.