# Ambitious ideas proposed to blunt El Niño's global damage

New Scientist surveys the most ambitious proposed schemes for countering El Niño, the periodic Pacific warming that drives droughts, floods and crop failures worldwide. The ideas range from improved early-warning and ocean monitoring to large-scale climate interventions. None are yet proven at scale, but the piece argues that as El Niño events grow more costly, bolder options are moving from speculation into serious debate.

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- [New Scientist](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592044-the-most-ambitious-ideas-to-save-the-world-from-el-nino/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000