The well-known but not so well understood Pacific Ocean phenomenon caused turmoil in the world’s weather patterns once more. But work is under way to improve predictions of such anomalies and make forecasts more effective and user-friendly
by HENRY HENGEVELD
Most of us well remember the El Niño winter of 12 years ago, when a series of ice storms swept across eastern Ontario and southern Quebec in early January. Those storms left millions of Canadians without electricity for an extended period of time, with particularly devastating effects on many farmers in the region.