If you’ve read the news in the past six months, you’ve probably read about El Niño. But as a weather event in the tropical eastern Pacific, how could it possibly affect the rest of the world? Well, the impacts can stretch to Australia, South East Asia, North America and even sub-Saharan Africa, and it can have particularly severe effects for agriculture and shipping. Here’s everything you need to know about El Niño.

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Sara Warden

Sara joined CZ in 2021 as a commodity journalist after a brief period covering commodities and leveraged finance at several London-based news outlets. In the four years prior, Sara lived in Mexico City, where she worked as a bilingual journalist and editor across several key industries, including mining, oil and gas, and health. Since joining CZ, she has led the creation of general interest content that uses data to present key trends, with a focus on attracting a new, broader audience base. She graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2014 with joint honours in Journalism and Spanish and from City-St. George in 2024 with a Master’s in Food Policy.

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