El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or “ENSO” for short. The pattern shifts back and ...

The Pacific Ocean is signaling significant changes that may lead to a more extreme climate phase in the coming years. With El Niño poised to make a strong comeback, understanding its implications on ...

The next El Niño Southern Oscillation can be predicted more than two years in advance, according to a new study that looked at thousands of years of past climate data. In the contiguous U.S., both El ...

Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa are making big strides in forecasting the oceanic rotation between El Niño and La Niña. The weather pattern referred to as ...

Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a ...

Climate troublemakers El Niño and La Niña have been around for a long time. A really, really long time. A new study says the dance between El Niño and its counterpart, La Niña, was present on our ...

Increased spring rainfall can help replenish soil moisture, potentially moderating intense heat early in the season. However, lingering warmth in the atmosphere and oceans can still support periods of ...

Scientists used thousands of years of climate data to show that El Niño Southern Oscillations can be predicted more than two years in advance. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...