What is El Niño?

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The news has been full of references to ‘El Niño’, a global weather phenomenon that, this year, is forecast to be the biggest yet. CrowdScience listener Kennedy is a farmer in Kenya and this has got him worried. He wants to know exactly what El Niño is, why it causes such differing weather patterns all over the world and, most importantly, how it might affect his crops. Always keen to help listeners answer global science questions with local impacts, CrowdScience is on the case. Presenter Anand Jagatia travels to meet oceanographer Ligin Joseph, from the University of Southampton in the UK. Equipped with a tank full of water, a sprinkling of turmeric, some purple dye and a hairdryer, Ligin r…