A SUPER El Niño Caused History's DEADLIEST Disaster... But This One May Be Even Worse
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In 1877 a single super El Niño helped trigger the deadliest environmental disaster in recorded human history, killing more than 50 million people across India, China, Brazil, and Africa — and in 2026, scientists are watching an almost identical ocean warning sign unfold, with NOAA now giving it roughly a 70% chance of becoming the strongest El Niño ever measured. This video breaks down exactly how El Niño works, why a warm patch of Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anyone's coastline can trigger famine on the other side of the planet, and how colonial policy, war, and grain exports turned the Great Drought of 1876-1878 into a mass-casualty catastrophe. We also dig into whether the modern world, with satellites, global shipping, and international aid networks, is actually prepared for a repeat — and why recent cuts to global humanitarian funding have researchers worried about the timing. Real climate science, real history, real stakes. el nino 2026 #elnino #supereelnino #climatechange #disasterhistory #greatdrought #weatherexplained #climatescience #historydocumentary #globalfamine #oceantemperature
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The 22-year cycle begins when oppositely charged magnetic bands that wrap the Sun appear near the star’s polar latitudes, according to their recent studies. Over the cycle, these bands migrate toward the equator, causing sunspots to appear as they travel across the mid-latitudes. The cycle ends when the bands meet in the middle, mutually annihilating one another in what the research team calls a terminator event. These terminators provide precise guideposts for the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next.
The researchers imposed these terminator events over sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific stretching back to 1960. They found that the five terminator events that occurred between that time and 2010-11 all coincided with a flip from an El Nino to a La Nina.
A solar maximum causes La Nina to be larger which in turn causes a larger El Nino.
these times of the rich getting richer + the poor left to basically rot, I think
there might be even more of a catastrophe now than in 1877. These
days everything seems to go with the
mighty buck. You have money, you're safe, you don't, you'll be left to fend for yourself + hope for the best. One thing for govt need to remember is that if the people who grow the food are left to die, you will have no farmers to feed you. Something to think about.
A SUPER El Niño Caused History's DEADLIEST Disaster... But This One May Be Even Worse
Faultline Report
510,790 views
In 1877 a single super El Niño helped trigger the deadliest environmental disaster in recorded human history, killing more than 50 million people across India, China, Brazil, and Africa — and in 2026, scientists are watching an almost identical ocean warning sign unfold, with NOAA now giving it roughly a 70% chance of becoming the strongest El Niño ever measured. This video breaks down exactly how El Niño works, why a warm patch of Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anyone's coastline can trigger famine on the other side of the planet, and how colonial policy, war, and grain exports turned the Great Drought of 1876-1878 into a mass-casualty catastrophe. We also dig into whether the modern world, with satellites, global shipping, and international aid networks, is actually prepared for a repeat — and why recent cuts to global humanitarian funding have researchers worried about the timing. Real climate science, real history, real stakes. el nino 2026 #elnino #supereelnino #climatechange #disasterhistory #greatdrought #weatherexplained #climatescience #historydocumentary #globalfamine #oceantemperature