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El Nino

Mavis, a housekeeper from the Pretoria township of Mamelodi, depends on her garden to help provide for her five children and seven grandchildren. But with this year's region-wide drought, her garden is just a dusty patch of seedlings. “I want rain every d
Environment
For one South African house cleaner, this year’s big drought means crying, hungry children
Brazilian soldiers distribute educational flyers about the Zika virus in São Paulo, the country's largest city.
Environment
Zika is a window into a much bigger story in Brazil
A sea surface temperature anomaly in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the peak of the 2009-10 El Niño.
Environment
El Niño is back, and global temperature records are in danger
Dust storm Melbourne Australia
Environment
The Pacific Ocean is gearing up for a big El Niño