Coffee & Geography Espresso - 2 - Prospects for El Niño in 2023 with Alistair Hamill

‘Espresso’ & Geography is a podcast short where Kit Marie and a special guest talk current geographical affairs for a maximum of 15 minutes. This shot of geography-laden caffeine is the recent news concerning the forecast for the upcoming El Niño. What is El Niño? Why should we, as geographers, pay attention to it? And what does it mean for both short-term and longer-term climate change? Joining Kit Marie is Alistair Hamill, geography teacher and Shared-Ed champion from Northern Ireland, who was featured on the Coffee & Geography podcast in season 2. Links: - El Niño FAQs by NOAA https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/el-ni%C3%B1o-and-la-ni%C3%B1a-frequently-asked-questions - El Niño Southern Oscillation Index dashboard https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/soi/ - Carbon Brief article about prospects for 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-growing-el-nino-threatens-more-extreme-heat-in-2023/ - https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/summary-for-policymakers/figure-spm-2/ - IPCC graph on climate forcing https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/summary-for-policymakers/figure-spm-2 Connect with Alistair via Twitter at https://twitter.com/lcgeography and listen to Kit Marie’s full Coffee & Geography chat with Alistair from last year: https://on.soundcloud.com/XTZye ==About Coffee & Geography== The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink! ==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation== • Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. • Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform. • Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley • Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.* *Octopus Energy are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable.