/ Terrence Nathan Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /climate/news/how-el-nino-and-drought-affected-trans-atlantic-slave-trade <p><span><span><span>El Niño, an oceanic phenomenon that affects worldwide weather patterns, significantly affected the number of enslaved Africans transported from West Africa to the Americas between the mid-1600s and mid-1800s, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> February 10, 2022 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/how-el-nino-and-drought-affected-trans-atlantic-slave-trade