Understanding the Enigma of El Niño El Niño is a fascinating climate phenomenon that impacts weather and ecosystems worldwide ...

Along with climate change, El Nino contributed to extreme heat waves and drought across Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. Its "little girl" sister, La Nina ... water from South America toward ...

During normal conditions, trade winds blowing west along the equator take warm water from South ... Africa tends to become wetter during La Niñas, according to L'Heureux. On the flip side, El ...

After months of delay, the cool La Niña climate pattern has emerged in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which increases ...

A long-awaited La ... Africa, L'Heureux said. They typically bring more Atlantic hurricanes in summer months, but L’Heureux forecast that this La Nina will have dissipated by the summer. El Nino ...

The planet-cooling climate pattern known as La Niña is here, scientists said Thursday, but it cannot prevent 2025 from being ...

The above photo illustrates a typical La Niña pattern. (Photo: KXAN/Eric Henrikson) Much of the South ... El Niño winter marked by cooler and wetter weather for the southern states. The last La ...

A weak La Nina event has arrived in the Pacific, bringing colder waters and potentially cooler weather. Despite being delayed ...

A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause as many weather problems as usual, meteorologists said Thursday.

Forecasters closely monitor La Niña and its counterpart El Niño because they influence ... is not the only factor at play this season. The South and parts of the central US are typically drier ...