Food Supply Under Threat as Super El Niño Intensifies

El Niño is a naturally occurring weather pattern that redistributes warm air, surface water temperatures, and moisture across the tropical Pacific Ocean by slowing or reversing trade winds that normally push warm water westward; this phenomenon, expected to be the strongest of the century, will drive severe droughts and heavy rainfall worldwide, disrupting agricultural production and threatening food security, particularly in regions already vulnerable to food insecurity.