Squiz Shortcuts: What is El Niño?
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Squiz Shortcuts: What is El Niño?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202611 min
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You might’ve seen headlines about a super El Niño developing over the past few months. Scientists say it’s going to be a record-breaker in terms of high ocean temperatures in the Pacific, and it’s set to impact the climate, food supply and the global economy. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll take a look at what El Niño is, what it could bring and what we can expect here in Australia. Squiz Recommends: Reading: This article from The Conversation about what we’re already seeing around the world fro...

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This is a Squiz Podcast, where your shortcut to being informed. You might have seen headlines about a super El Niño developing over the past few months. Scientists say that it's going to be a record breaker in terms of high ocean temperatures in the Pacific, and then that is set to impact the climate, food supply and the global economy.

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So in this Squishawcut, we'll take a look at what El Nino actually is, what it could bring and what we can expect here in Australia. Squishawcuts is the backstory to the big news stories. I'm Andrew Williams.

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And I'm Larissa Huntington. Larissa, there have been quite a few stories in the news lately about El Nino developing again. We've been taking notice because it stands to impact Australia and forecasters are warning

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