Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

ENSO impacts child undernutrition in the global tropics

  • Jesse K. Anttila-Hughes,
  • Amir S. Jina,
  • Gordon C. McCord

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26048-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences the weather around the world and, therefore, has strong impacts on society. Here, the authors show that ENSO is associated with child nutrition in many countries, with warmer El Niño conditions leading to more child undernutrition in large parts of the developing world.