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Record El Niño, hunger feared

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Scientists said El Niño’s Pacific sea-surface temperatures set record highs, prompting agencies to warn of widespread hunger, excess deaths and higher food and commodity prices, with Asia especially at risk.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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The Guardian
The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial

Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice Some warnings are so grave that it is almost impossible to fully comprehend them. The descriptions of a super-sized, “Godzilla-level” El Niño already heating our planet would sound hyperbolic were they not issuing from eminent scientists. They say that the weather pattern, which occurs roughly every two to seven years, may be the strongest in at least a millennium. With its peak yet to come, the temperature rise in the Pacific Ocean has already surpassed the previous high. The consequence will be huge amounts of heat in an atmosphere already experiencing frighteningly higher temperatures due to the human-caused climate crisis. Next year is almost certain to be the hottest on record globally, breaking this year’s record. The World Food Programme has warned that 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger . Others estimate that the extra heat from El Niño alone will cause the deaths of 450, 000 people by February , from Nigeria and Indonesia to the US. That extraordinary toll is in addition to those killed by the wildfires, droughts and floods it is likely to bring - and also to deaths caused by global heating. Continue reading. . .

The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial
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Science News
This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak

Daily sea surface temperatures in the region where El Niño develops are more extreme than at any point in recorded history.

This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak
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Handelsblatt
Emerging Markets: El Niño Shock in Asia Drives Global Agricultural and Metal Prices Higher

Asia's emerging markets are hardest hit by the climate phenomenon. Food prices are rising. But cost pressures in global supply chains are also likely to intensify.

Emerging Markets: El Niño Shock in Asia Drives Global Agricultural and Metal Prices Higher
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