How El Niño becomes a super El Niño — climate expert explains

Climate expert Ioana Colfescu spoke on The Conversation Weekly podcast about the difference between El Niño and a super El Niño, and how scientists predict its impacts. The phenomenon involves anomalous warming of Pacific Ocean waters that affects weather patterns globally. Colfescu discussed forecasting methods and the challenges of predicting how intense any given El Niño event will become.