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Pakistan, one of the world’s poorest nations, thought it had secured natural gas to fuel its economy. Commodities firms had other ideas bloomberg.com/features/2023-…
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The Bureau remains at El Niño Alert. While tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures have recently reached El Niño levels, a confirmed shift in the tropical atmosphere is also needed for us to announce an El Niño event. See the latest Climate Driver Update: ow.ly/BGPj50OSpLV
El Niño is back. The world is poised for hotter, drier weather across Asia, parts of Africa and South America. Crops will likely be lost, putting pressure on inflation. Here’s a thread of some stories on the climatic phenomenon from the past couple of weeks
The US last week declared El Niño has arrived, and forecasters believe it will at least be moderate and possibly strong bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
And for a concise El Niño wrap and a question on climate change, see this from @WeatherSullivan bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Historically, rice yields have been lower during El Niño years, and in some cases, much less bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“It’s not a matter of exaggeration, it’s a matter of fact that the tanker is in such a poor state that it is literally a ticking time bomb.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
El Niño is back and that could be bad news for a world still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and grappling with the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine, with @WeatherSullivan @eroston and brilliant graphics by @ad_leung bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…
The heat will likely stretch power grids across Asia, and that means more coal consumption. The last major El Niño in 2015-16 contributed to the warmest year on record, a grim milestone that could soon be surpassed bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Read all about it here:
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