El Nino: How this year’s Pacific weather event could screw up global food prices
ZACHARY DAVIES BOREN
IndependentUK
Thursday 21 May 2015
There’s an El Nino event brewing in the tropical Pacific that could impact global food prices, experts have warned.
The price of rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa may be driven up by the El Nino effect, which may trigger droughts and floods that could disrupt equatorial food production.
El Ninos, a warming of the Pacific Ocean that occurs as part of a years-long cycle between the atmosphere and ocean, are thought to likely to become more frequent due to climate change.
Scientists say it’s too early to predict how severe this El Nino will be, but the beginnings of it may be felt in India and West Africa next month with rainfall expected to decline.
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