El Nino News
La Niña May Be Coming, Along With Higher Atlantic Hurricane Risks
Think of it as Mother Nature's roller-coaster ride: the shift between the weather patterns known as El Nino and La Nina that, at their worst, can cause havoc worldwide. El Nino—spurred on by a ...
El Niño Has Done Little to Counter California’s Historic Drought
Ed Heinlein surveys the steep mountainside that has repeatedly unleashed tons of mud into the backyard of his Southern California home since a 2014 wildfire and still hopes the drought-stricken state ...
As El Niño Peaks, La Niña is Poised to Emerge
Even as the El Nino weather phenomenon continues to impact global temperatures and crops, its counterpart La Nina is increasingly expected to emerge in the coming months for the first time in four ...
California Welcomes El Niño-Driven Rain and Snow
Egged on by El Nino, rain is falling across California. While it's welcome, wanted and setting records, it still isn't enough to bust the drought. That doesn't mean the mood is dour because after ...
Is El Niño Making Way for La Niña?
The El Nino that disrupted weather worldwide last year has peaked. Now forecasters are predicting what may be next for the world's climate. A number of El Nino-Southern Oscillation indicators suggest ...
Coral Study: Climate Models Could Be Wrong on El Niño Impacts
An analysis of fossil corals and mollusk shells from the Pacific Ocean reveals there is no link between the strength of seasonal differences and El Niño, a complex but irregular climate pattern with ...
El Nino Aside, a Snowy, Arctic Blast is Still Possible
The eastern U.S. has been pretty warm the past few days and is forecast to get even warmer. That's the kind of thing one would expect with one of the strongest El Ninos in the past 65 years under way ...
‘Monster’ El Nino Could Produce More and Stronger Events Over Next Decade
In Buffalo, it hasn't snowed yet this year. A Duluth, Minnesota, newspaper reported that the temperature was 40 degrees above zero, not below. And in Miami, beachgoers are staying indoors during ...