El Niño, a climate phenomenon marked by warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, is ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - La Niña conditions have been present in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean since ...

Five major El Niño events per century could lead to fewer fishes that thrive in cold water and more terrestrial birds in eastern coastal ecosystems. Margaret Osborne is a freelance science journalist ...

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 ...

According to studies of ancient plankton published in Nature, weather phenomena such as El Nino may occur twice as often.

As a result, it is expected that both the month of October and the entire season is likely to receive above-average rainfall, which remains linked to the ongoing El Nino event," Kenya Met said.

Its scientific basis lies in the interaction between the ocean and atmosphere. During an El Niño event trade winds that typically blow from east to west weaken or reverse causing the warm water ...

The tropical Pacific Ocean continues to trend toward a La Niña phase, coming out of one of the strongest El Niño events on record since 1950. Spring Forecast Barrier Makes it Hard to Predict ...

Stronger temperature anomalies make for stronger El Niño and La Niña events, which can have greater and more far-reaching effects around the world. An El Niño sees this wind pattern break down ...

India awaits monsoon forecast with anxiety, pondering El Niño or La Niña impact on 2025-2026 weather patterns.

Extreme weather events can disrupt health care responses as well. Previous studies have shown that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), with its alternating warm (El Niño) and cold (La ...