Godzilla El Nino births cyclone triplets

Friday 4 September 2026

You have to see this from Ryan Maue. Godzilla El Niño birthing conveyor-belt cyclones in the Eastern Pacific.

There is a dynamic GIF on his X feed, so check it out. This is pure climate science porn.

In the Western Pacific, there is some divergence, which is probably temporary. The SOI, an atmospheric measure, has eased even as sea temperatures have continued to climb.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.