The El Nino Storm Brewing: A Global Food Security Wake Up Call The Met Office's forecast of a record breaking El Nino event is sending shockwaves through the climate community, but its implications extend far beyond weather patterns.
This year's predicted El Nino will be the strongest in more than a century, and its effects on global food security are far reaching.
According to the UK's national weather agency, sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are expected to reach an unprecedented level of potentially more than three degrees above average.