El Niño is imminent. How worried should Australians be?

About this episode

The episode discusses the imminent El Niño weather event in Australia and its potential impacts on the environment and agriculture.

Australia is set to experience its first El Niño weather event since spring 2023, according to the Bureau of Meteorology and other agencies. The phenomenon historically signals the arrival of hotter, drier conditions for the east coast and can have devastating impacts on the environment as well as the farming of crops and livestock. Nour Haydar speaks to climate and environment correspondent Graham Readfearn about how our weather is about to change and what it means for Australians

People in this episode

Host: Nour Haydar

Guest: Graham Readfearn

Topics covered

• El Niño
• climate change
• weather patterns
• Australia
• environment
• agriculture

Keywords

• El Niño
• Australia
• climate
• weather
• agriculture
• Bureau of Meteorology
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bureau of Meteorology

Places: Australia

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