Researcher shows possible link between 1918 El Nino and flu pandemic

Monday, September 14, 2009 - 16:28 in Health & Medicine

Research conducted at Texas A&M University casts doubts on the notion that El Niño has been getting stronger because of global warming and raises interesting questions about the relationship between El Niño and a severe flu pandemic 91 years ago. The findings are based on analysis of the 1918 El Niño, which the new research shows to be one of the strongest of the 20th century.

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