{"id":565860,"date":"2026-03-28T04:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/565860\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T04:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:56:09","slug":"our-last-strong-el-nino-caused-significant-sea-level-rise-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/565860\/","title":{"rendered":"Our last strong El Ni\u00f1o caused significant sea level rise: study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on Mar. 27, 2026, 8:41 PM<\/p>\n

Sea levels around Africa rose by an average of 27 mm during the last strong El Ni\u00f1o event in 2023-2024<\/p>\n

A new study offers compelling evidence that the world\u2019s most recent El Ni\u00f1o event played a significant role in rising sea levels<\/a> along vast stretches of the African coast.<\/p>\n

The findings are particularly concerning given that we may be on track for another strong El Ni\u00f1o event<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T MISS: Are we on the cusp of a \u201cSuper El Ni\u00f1o?\u201d Here\u2019s how strong it may grow<\/a><\/p>\n

\"November<\/p>\n

El Ni\u00f1o is a pattern of warmer-than-normal ocean waters<\/a> around the equator in the eastern half of the Pacific Ocean. These monthslong spells of unusually toasty ocean temperatures can have worldwide effects on the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Aside from weather patterns, another side effect of El Ni\u00f1o is rising sea levels. This vast expanse of warm ocean temperatures can cause sea levels to rise by 2+ centimetres, as we saw during the strong El Ni\u00f1o of 2023-24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The recent study, published in Communications Earth & Environment<\/a>, found that the 2023-24 El Ni\u00f1o event amplified already record-breaking warmth<\/a> to cause enhanced sea level rise around the coasts of Africa.<\/p>\n

\"Africa<\/p>\n

RELATED: Sea level rise threatens millions of Canadians by 2100, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n

When the effects of climate change are removed from the equation, researchers discovered that the strong El Ni\u00f1o episode caused sea levels to rise an additional 27 mm around the continent, a significant increase from previous events. For reference, the global average sea level rise hovers around 4-5 mm per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Mar. 27, 2026, 8:41 PM Sea levels around Africa rose by an average of 27 mm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,6093,69997,295,77,26204,66],"class_list":["post-565860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-climate-change","tag-el-nino","tag-environment","tag-international","tag-oceans","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}