Keywords: El Nino


Super El Niño threat grows as Pacific Ocean temperatures surge

Climate models are rapidly converging toward the emergence of a powerful El Niño event later this year, as ocean temperatures across the equatorial Pacific accelerate beyond earlier forecasts. Updated projections from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts now place the probability......

El Niño threat amplifies Middle East oil shock as Asian inflation hits multi-year highs

Asia is facing a dangerous convergence of inflationary pressures as a looming El Niño weather event and record temperatures compound the economic fallout from the Middle East oil crisis, threatening to drive food and energy costs sharply higher in the second half of 2026 at a moment when central......

European climate model puts odds of a super El Niño by November at 100 percent

Meteorologists are issuing increasingly urgent warnings as the latest long-range forecasting models point to the possible formation later this year of a potentially record-breaking El Niño event, with some projections suggesting it could rank among the most intense in more than a century. The......

Asia braces for super El Niño as Middle East energy crisis deepens regional strain

Asia faces a convergence of crises that forecasters warn could strain energy systems, devastate agriculture, and push millions toward food insecurity. A potential super El Niño is forming in the Pacific just as the region grapples with a severe energy shortage triggered by the near-total closure......

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers cut fertilizer use raising supply fears

Nearly three quarters of cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast have not purchased any fertilizer for the next two production cycles, according to a recent survey, raising concerns over future output in a country that produces about one third of the world’s cocoa. The findings point to growing strain across......

China warns of El Niño risk as fossil fuel pressures rise

China’s national climate authorities have signaled the likely emergence of an El Niño event beginning in May 2026, with effects expected to persist through the end of the year. The forecast raises concerns about rising global temperatures and increased climate volatility, though experts......

Super El Niño threat compounds Iran war risks to global food supply

The growing probability of a powerful El Niño event later this year is adding pressure to an already fragile global food system, as conflict in Iran continues to disrupt fertilizer supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Economists and climate scientists warn that the combination of supply chain......

Morocco's dams at decade-high levels as El Niño threat looms over water security

Morocco's dam reservoirs stood at 72.1% capacity as of March 21, 2026, a level not seen in nearly a decade, following what has been the wettest winter since 1981. After seven consecutive years of drought, the exceptional rainfall has provided welcome relief. However, international meteorological......

El Niño’s potential 2026 return raises risk of new global heat records

The El Niño climate pattern could reappear in the second half of 2026, adding extra heat on top of an already warming planet and increasing the chance of new global temperature records. The phenomenon develops when surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific turn unusually warm,......