El Niño is a climate phenomenon characterized by the warming of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific ...

The effects of both El Nino and La Nina can vary considerably, and don't affect every region ... the warmer water remains in South America and fails to travel west. As the warmth suppresses ...

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

The last El Niño, the periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters, finished in June 2024. NOAA forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher ...

During La Niña events, powerful trade winds flow from east to west ... along the western coast of South America. Conversely, the warming of these waters is called El Niño.

Turton says the next major El Nino (the drier relative of La Nina) will bring the risk of severe bushfires with it for cities on the east coast of ... in the north, west and south-east of the ...

Explore how climate change threatens 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, from melting glaciers and rising sea ...

La Niña is a phase of what is known as the El Niño Southern ... northwestern coast of South America) is cooler than the western side (near the Philippines and Indonesia). This is due to the prevailing ...

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread ...