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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's how the Pacific El Nino and La Nina weather phases can influence extreme weather globally. As is typical of La Nina, the Pacific trade winds that blow east-west — and which weaken during ...

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

Modeling experiments show Pacific warm and cold patches persisted even when continents were in different places The El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that ...

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

The strong El Niño of 2023 helped push global temperatures to new heights, continuing into 2024, despite its weakening later in the year. Carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, with ...

A new study reveals how tropical ocean temperatures influence rainfall variability in the Middle East, impacting water resource planning in this drought-prone region. By analyzing the El Niño Southern ...

La Niña is part of a natural climate dynamic, along with the better-known El Niño, called El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). La Niña is ENSO’s cool phase, while El Niño is its warm phase.

IF you are old enough you will most likely remember the 1997-1998 El Niño event. One of the strongest El Niños on record, it brought severe droughts, haze, crop failures, and water rationing.