Ben Sharples

Editor at Bloomberg News covering oil markets. Views are my own.

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Pakistan, one of the world’s poorest nations, thought it had secured natural gas to fuel its economy. Commodities firms had other ideas https://t.co/DscG6DiHDk

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Hong Kong was hit by a sudden deluge of heavy rainfall, resulting in widespread flooding that transformed streets into rivers and submerged dozens of vehicles https://t.co/FggsMg1pYt

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The Bureau remains at El Niño Alert. While tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures have recently reached El Niño levels, a confirmed shift in the tropical atmosphere is also needed for us to announce an El Niño event. See the latest Climate Driver Update: https://t.co/gP3GX6Lf89

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And for a concise El Niño wrap and a question on climate change, see this from @WeatherSullivan https://t.co/n4qAQhqJmX

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El Niño is back. The world is poised for hotter, drier weather across Asia, parts of Africa and South America. Crops will likely be lost, putting pressure on inflation. Here’s a thread of some stories on the climatic phenomenon from the past couple of weeks

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The US last week declared El Niño has arrived, and forecasters believe it will at least be moderate and possibly strong https://t.co/oeKDB2WbDY

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Historically, rice yields have been lower during El Niño years, and in some cases, much less https://t.co/EAUeegSvhp

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“It’s not a matter of exaggeration, it’s a matter of fact that the tanker is in such a poor state that it is literally a ticking time bomb.” https://t.co/86sSyVjgoe

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El Niño is back and that could be bad news for a world still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and grappling with the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine, with @WeatherSullivan @eroston and brilliant graphics by @ad_leung https://t.co/QdXzZHWP3U

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The heat will likely stretch power grids across Asia, and that means more coal consumption. The last major El Niño in 2015-16 contributed to the warmest year on record, a grim milestone that could soon be surpassed https://t.co/ZNltOW7pQe