El Niño likely to affect olive growers globally

A new El Niño weather pattern was likely to affect olive oil growers, Olive Oil Times reported. Meteorologists are predicting there is around an 80% chance of another El Niño developing by September or October, according to the 1 May report. A climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in parts of the world and heavy rain elsewhere, El Niño last occurred in 2018/2019 The Guardian reported on 4 May. Since 2020, the world has experienced an exceptionally long La Niña – El Niño’s cooling opposite – which ended earlier this year, The Guardian wrote. At the time of the report, there was no indication of the strength or duration of the forecast El Niño. The two phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) would profoundly impact the global climate, including the world’s most productive olive-growing regions outside the Mediterranean, Olive Oil Times wrote. The shift from La Niña to El Niño increases the probability of higher-than-average ...