Countries around the world are bracing for a torrid few months as the El Niño weather phenomenon looks set to wreak havoc on shorelines, farmland and ocean ecosystems.
Already, India is grappling with the impacts of one of the driest monsoon seasons on record. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, schools have closed and authorities have advised residents to stay indoors to avoid the toxic smoke from huge wildfires supercharged by El Niño.
But what if we could take the sting out of the tail of El Niño – or even stop it from happening altogether? That’s the hope of physicists, chemists and engineers working on ideas ranging from the outrageously radical to the just-might-work.
Topics: Climate change / El Niño
