{
  "id": 890840,
  "title": "Odd Lots: How El Niños Actually Work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/odd-lots-how-el-ninos-actually-work",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T17:18:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-14/odd-lots-how-el-ninos-actually-work-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Forecasters are predicting record-breaking intensity for this year's emerging El Niño. But how do El Niños actually work? On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Justin Mankin, professor of geography at Dartmouth, joins Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway to explain this weather phenomenon, using a space heater as an analogy. (Source: Bloomberg)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}