The Aporia · Alex Lim

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2026-09-05 – 2026-09-05

Claims per article

67

67 extracted in total

Hedged claims

9%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

10,394

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Writes for ABC News (AU).

Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

Environment

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AustraliaEl NiñoWMOthe Bureau of Meteorologythe World Meteorological Organization

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2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU) · Environment

Why this El Niño is different from all the others

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2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU)

Why this El Niño is different from all the others

🔮 Decades of research has deepened our understanding of how Pacific Ocean temperatures shape global weather, leaving countries better prepared than ever for potential impacts. But questions remain over how El Niño, and its cooler counterpart La Niña, will behave in a warming world. Fires linked to El Niño have blanketed Indonesia and Malaysia. 1983 El Niño record looms large In autumn 1982, weather conditions across eastern Australia shifted dramatically and rainfall effectively ceased. assertive

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