Scientists estimated how many lives the current super El Niño has already claimed — and how to save the rest
The University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab published a forecast of excess heat deaths caused by the current El Niño.
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El Niño caused the Atacama Desert to bloom
One of Earth's driest places bloomed with flowers after record rains in northern Chile.
El Niño threatens coffee crops in four key countries at once
Your morning coffee is the latest victim of what a strengthening climate phenomenon can affect.
El Niño could wipe out a fifth of the Galapagos Islands' vertebrates
A forecast of an unusually strong El Niño this season has alarmed Ecuador's scientific community.
El Niño stokes underground peat fires in Indonesia, reminiscent of the 2015 disaster
Indonesia sees a sharp rise in hazardous peat fires as the El Niño phenomenon intensifies.
El Niño has intensified since the start of the Industrial Revolution — what a new analysis showed
Powerful El Niño phases have become notably more frequent since the industrial era began, and the overlap with anthropogenic warming looks no coincidence.
Indonesian wildfire smoke threatens health of 3.4 million people
Dense smog blanketed several major Indonesian cities, forcing authorities to close schools and distribute hundreds of thousands of protective masks.