El Nino News
Human-Induced Climate Change Plays ‘Overwhelming’ Role in July Heatwaves: Scientists
Human-induced climate change has played an "absolutely overwhelming" role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month, according to an assessment by ...
El Nino Predicted Through Winter
The National Weather Service has indicated there is a greater than 90 percent chance that El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter. Last month, a weak El Niño was associated ...
Earth Hit Record High Temperatures Last Week
Earth's average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes. The ...
Munich Re Hurricane Predictions in Line with Others; Signals Conflicting
The North Atlantic could see 12 named storms this hurricane season, according to a newly released outlook by Munich Re. Six of the 12 named storms could develop into hurricanes, with two having the ...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Odds Dependent on El Nino Versus Hot Ocean Temps
Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is ...
El Niño’s Impact: Trillions in Global Economic Loss
When El Niño strikes, the band of warm ocean water spanning from South America to Asia triggers global weather changes, resulting in damaging floods, crop-killing droughts, plummeting fish ...
Earth to Hit Key Warming Threshold Within 5 Years
There's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday. But it likely would only be a ...
Scientists Probe Sudden Spike in Ocean Temperatures
The world's oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it ...