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Odd Lots: How El Niños Actually Work
Friday, August 14, 2026
Justin Mankin, a geography professor at Dartmouth College, discussed how El Niño weather patterns develop on the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast with hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway. Forecasters predicted record-breaking intensity for an emerging El Niño in the period covered. Mankin used a space heater as an analogy to explain the phenomenon.
Original reporting: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-14/odd-lots-how-el-ninos-actually-work-video
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