Super El Niño turns the equatorial Pacific bluer, NASA satellites show

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWe begin with the Pacific Ocean, which has gone from green to a gorgeous cerulean blue, and NASA satellites caught the whole thing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a super El Niño, and the New York Post says the record temperatures threaten marine life.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNASA says the bluer water is measurable over the last several months.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBlue is a calming color, Hank. Somebody finally repainted the ocean and I think it looks fresh.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe blue means less plankton. Weaker trade winds bring up less cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLess plankton?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYes.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn some places the sea surface is up a foot or more, and NOAA gives the strongest El Niño since nineteen fifty an eighty-three percent chance this fall.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNASA calls it rarer than a solar eclipse. So where do I park for it?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou can't park on it, Chip. Rex has sports, and nothing in there changes color.