The world will achieve record food production this year, but with a growing El Niño and future climate change – will it be able to keep up?| www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
ENSO-neutral continued in November, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean [Fig. 1]. Similar to the last couple of months, the latest weekly Niño indices ranged from +0.1°C (Niño-1+2) to -0.4°C (Niño-3; [Fig. 2]). Below-average subsurface ocean temperatures persisted [Fig. 3] across the east-central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean [Fig. 4]. Over the western and central equatorial Pacific, low-level wind anom...| www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
El El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.| oceanservice.noaa.gov
In many parts of the world famines have been common in the past. What causes famines? How can famines be averted?| Our World in Data