Forecasters closely monitor La Niña and El Niño because they influence global weather in a way that’s largely consistent and ...

Hurricane forecasters are carefully watching ocean temperatures in the Pacific for changes that could impact this year's ...

La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away after ...

Researchers say unusual ocean warmth masked La Niña, which is defined by a patch of cooler-than-normal Pacific waters.

El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...

The weak La Niña that’s been with us since winter has officially faded, the Climate Prediction Center said Thursday.

As the world cruises through spring, meteorologists and climatologists are closely watching ever-changing water temperatures ...

Planet-warming fossil fuel pollution is tipping the scales toward hotter oceans that fuel dangerous storms. Scientists say ...

The April forecast is CSU's earliest and often most uncertain, Klotzbach said. The research team will issue forecast updates ...

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are expected to develop and persist through the Northern Hemisphere summer, with a greater than 50% chance through August-October 2025, a U.S.

Forecasters worry about warm water in the Atlantic Ocean where hurricanes form and the predicted absence of an El Niño.

In recent decades, these climate patterns have been persisting longer and recurring more often. A striking example is the ...