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The Latest Breaking News from El Niño

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

The World Meteorological Organization has declared the onset of the first El Niño event in seven years. It estimates 90% probability the climatic phenomenon, involving an unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean, will develop through 2023, and be of moderate strength.

The Conversation

What are El Niño and La Niña and how do they affect Earth's weather?

El Niño and La Niña significantly impact Earth's weather patterns. We explore the events in more detail here and take a look at how they impact Earth's weather.

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El Niño brewing in Pacific raises prospect of record-breaking heat

Climactic event will almost certainly strengthen throughout the year, US climate scientists predict

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Global temperatures were the hottest on record for 3 days in a row in July

The world's average temperature was the hottest on record from July 3 to July 5, 2023. Climate change and El Niño are to blame, scientists say.

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India considers banning most rice exports

India, the world’s biggest rice shipper, is considering banning exports of most varieties, a move that may send already lofty global prices higher as the disruptive El Niño weather pattern returns.

Bangkok Post

Championing sustainable solutions

El Niño. Drought. Wildfire. Massive flooding. Pollution. Water shortage. Loss of biodiversity. Environmental issues are endless and they pose a real threat not just in Thailand but around the world.

Bangkok Post

The highest UK temperature ever recorded

The first week of July is expected to be confirmed as the hottest week ever for the world, with experts putting the soaring global temperatures down to climate change and the El Niño weather pattern.

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Met Office verdict on El Nino heatwave coming to UK - and if Brits will see record year

El Niño is a weather event that takes place every two to seven years and sees the warming of the Pacific Ocean which charges parts of the atmosphere, leading to more extreme weather events

Daily Mirror

Red alert: Inside the 14 July Guardian Weekly

El Niño, global heating and warming oceans. Plus: The pain of extreme hoarding.

The Guardian - UK

Global temperature rises in steps -- here's why we can expect a steep climb this year and next

Global warming took off in the mid-1970s when the rise in global mean surface temperature exceeded natural variability. Every decade after the 1960s has been warmer than the one before and the 2010s were the warmest on record. But there can be a lot of variability from one year to…

The Conversation

What happens when things get too hot to handle?

Hotter, drier conditions associated with El Niño can be detrimental to our health. These tips may help, write Azliyana Azhari and Raksha Pandya-Wood.

Newsroom.co.nz

UN records hottest week on record, warns of impacts on ecosystems, health

The first week of July was the hottest ever recorded, according to the UN’s weather organisation, warning of the effects on ecosystems of high temperatures caused by human-induced climate change at the start of the El Niño weather pattern.

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Rice soars to two-year high in Asia

Rice prices in Asia have surged to the highest level in more than two years as importers build up stockpiles on fears that the onset of El Niño will parch plantations and damage crops.

Bangkok Post

‘Uncharted territory’: UN declares first week of July world’s hottest ever recorded

Extreme temperatures break records as scientists warn El Niño is set to get worse

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Bangkok Post

High potential for rice exports in H2

Thailand could ship up to 9 million tonnes of rice this year because of a surge in demand, driven by concerns over the potential impact of the El Niño weather phenomenon.

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How El Niño is set to change

El Niño and La Niña events are likely to get stronger over the next few decades. How will that impact us?

The Conversation

What El Niño means for the world's perilous climate tipping points

The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived and are expected to become moderate to strong as they develop over the coming year. El Niño is the hot phase of a natural fluctuation in the Earth’s climate system (the full name of which is…

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El Niño: what does it mean for Australia – and are more heatwaves and bushfires inevitable?

The UN has declared the world to be in the grip of the weather pattern but Australian scientists are not so sure. Why the uncertainty?

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Earth has had four straight hottest days on record

Thursday saw global average temperatures spike more than 1°C above average.

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Weatherwatch: Why El Niño is so hard to predict

Despite our forecasting knowledge and computer capabilities, we can only wait to see what occurs

The Guardian - AU

UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record

After record breaking days on Monday and Tuesday, unofficial analysis shows the world may have seen its hottest seven days in a row

LiveScience

Global temperatures have been the hottest on record for 3 days in a row

The world's average temperature was the hottest on record from July 3 to July 5, 2023. Climate change and El Niño are to blame, scientists say.

Miami Herald

More storms this season? Mid-season prediction suggests hot Atlantic could cook them up

In the Atlantic clash of the weather titans this hurricane season, scientists still aren’t sure what the rest of the season may hold.

Axios

Earth sees three hottest days on record

July is off to a record hot start worldwide, data shows.

The Conversation

Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?

In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was the hottest global average day on record, breaking the new record set the previous day. Average sea surface temperatures have been the highest ever recorded and Antarctic sea ice extent the lowest on record.

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