El Nino

Greenhouse gases hit record highs, further rise expected with El Nino, UN weather agency says

The powerful El Nino will cause drier weather and make it harder for carbon sinks to absorb emissions.

A look back at South-east Asia’s strongest fire and haze episodes

Motorists drive through an apocalyptic orange landscape in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Oct 14.

El Nino ‘wrecking ball’ could cause record Pacific temperature rise, says UN

UN officials Celeste Saulo (left) and Tom Fletcher speaking at an El Nino press briefing on Oct 21, in Geneva, Switzerland.

El Nino-powered drought leaves Indonesian palm farmers high and dry as river recedes

Sandbanks have emerged from the receding waters of the Kapuas River, causing several barges and tugboats to run aground.

Cloaked in grey: The causes and effects of haze in Singapore

Hazy conditions seen from Clementi at about 7.10am on Oct 17.

Exotic species appear off California thanks to an unusually strong El Nino

The unusually strong El Nino has brought in larger catches for fishing businesses.

El Nino a ‘terrifying’ threat to coral reefs: UN biodiversity expert

Corals are heat sensitive and particularly vulnerable to climate change, which is heating the world’s oceans and increasing the frequency of damaging bleaching events.

Hotter weather, hazier skies and higher food prices: El Nino’s sting in the tail has yet to arrive

For South-east Asia, 2027 could well break heat records and prove a key test of the region’s resilience.

Green Pulse Podcast

Haze and a Godzilla El Nino: How is Singapore preparing?

Smoke, swamps and snakes hamper Indonesia’s battle against forest fires, officials say

Smoke rises from a wildfire in a peat forest in Mempawah in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Sept 18.

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