According to Carbon Brief's latest weekly update, the world is entering a new El Niño phase, which typically brings warmer global temperatures and intensified weather patterns. Meanwhile, leaders attending COP31—the major UN climate conference—are zeroing in on electrification as a critical pathway to reducing emissions. But there's a mounting concern: scientists report that crucial Atlantic Ocean currents that regulate global climate may be losing monitoring capabilities, threatening our ability to track one of the planet's most essential climate systems.

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