In the NewsOctober 12, 2021

Nearly 6 million children suffering severe hunger due to shifts of El Niño: study

Almost 6 million children are driven into undernutrition during a single bad El Niño year, a figure that is up to three times the number of children who have gone hungry due to the pandemic, a new study has found.
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ENSO impacts child undernutrition in the global tropics

Anttila-Hughes, J.K., Jina, A.S. & McCord, G.C. ENSO impacts child undernutrition in the global tropics. Nat Commun 12, 5785 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26048-7

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a principal component of global climate variability known to influence a host of social and economic outcomes, but its systematic effects on human health remain poorly understood.

Published October 12, 2021

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