But nothing is guaranteed with El Niño, explained Michelle L’Heureux, a scientist at the Climate Prediction Center. We’re always speaking in terms of probabilities. Take a look at the latest ...

who is also one of the main authors of NOAA’s La Niña/El Niño blog, explained. The phenomenon is marked by cooler than average water temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, along with ...

Global ocean temperatures are at a record high. This can partly be explained by El Niño, a naturally occurring seasonal climate phenomenon associated with the surface warming of the central and ...

Three recent studies reveal how the interplay between El Niño and long-term global warming drove the record-breaking global ...

El Nino exerts powerful control on Earth's climate today. Evidence from the past shows it can be volatile and undergo lasting change. How will it affect us in the future? Nineteenth century ...

A new study has revealed that ocean warming is accelerating at an alarming rate, increasing more than four times faster than ...

The rate of warming in the oceans has more than quadrupled since 1985, suggesting global warming in general has undergone a ...

The last El Niño, the periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters, finished in June 2024. NOAA forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica displayed a surprising ability to withstand extreme drought conditions.

An El Niño weather pattern—La Niña’s counterpart—brought the warmest winter on record last year. La Niña conditions emerged in December and will likely persist through April, though the ...