El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For...

Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary episode, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. Recommended Reading Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American 180 ... Show More

Peanut allergies have surged dramatically in recent decades, and scientists are still working to understand why. In this episode, journalist Maryn Mckenna, who recently authored an article on the subject, and host Rachel Feltman explore the latest research on causes, treatments a ... Show More

Biologist Nathan Lents joins Science Quickly to explore the vast sexual diversity found across the animal kingdom. His new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, challenges the binary framework that has long shaped ... Show More

En mars 2023, le GIEC, Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat, publiait son sixième rapport, et les nouvelles n’étaient pas bonnes. Le climat de la Terre se réchauffe à une vitesse considérable, bien plus rapidement que prévu.  On observe ce réchauffement ... Show More

C'est ce qu'on appelle un effet papillon : un phénomène climatique dans le Pacifique entraîne des conséquences en chaîne sur toute l'Amérique, l'Australie, l'Asie, déjà en Afrique et bientôt en Europe. Cette anomalie s'appelle El Niño. Elle vient de se déclencher. Et ses effets p ... Show More

Extreme weather is constantly in the news, but a new factor is just getting warmed up: El Niño. This Pacific Ocean phenomenon can have devastating effects in some parts of the world while benefiting others; it is linked to droughts as well as floods; and this year’s looks like it ... Show More

Meteorologist, Peter Gibbs investigates the global impact of the weather phenomenon El Nino. Forecasts predict El Nino will occur at the end of this year, creating fear in many communities around the world.Flooding, drought and famine have all been caused by the phenomenon in the ... Show More

Weather systems on Earth aren’t stable. There are cycles that weather patterns go through which can have enormous effects around the globe. There is probably no more important weather cycle than the one meteorologists called the Southern Oscillation. This cycle can have dramatic ... Show More

A strong El Niño event in the coming months could have negative effects for food inflation, commodities markets and climate change. ----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Stephen Byrd, Morgan Stanley's Global Head of Sustainability Research. Along with my co ... Show More

This summer the Northern Hemisphere has been sweltering in unusually high temperatures. It has been hot from the Arctic to Africa. This has led to increased deaths, notably in Canada, and more wildfires, even in Lancashire and in Sweden. Can we say that this heatwave – and the ex ... Show More