The 2025 hurricane season is off to a busy start in the Eastern Pacific, with three tropical cyclones already having ...

When sea-surface temperatures are above average by about 1 degree Fahrenheit or more, El Niño can develop. When temperatures are below average, La Niña ... law in U.S. history.

The good news is that El Niño is rapidly giving way to his cooler sister, La Niña. The bad news is ... the worst coral-reef bleaching event in history, to name just a few outcomes.

At present, the US is in the midst of La Nina which increases the severity of hurricanes like Milton. Both El Niño and La Niña ... that build from his study of history. He also dabbles in ...

In fact, it is somewhat uncommon for ENSO to flip from El Niño to La Niña within a year, happening only 10 times in the historical record, Rebecca Lindsey of NOAA’s Climate Program Office ...

El Niño often ushers in episodes of La Niña because it releases vast amounts of heat from the eastern Pacific, making for a quick transition to the cooler conditions of La Niña. Off-the-charts ...

Without them, when ENSO is neutral, they're left squinting into the future with little more than historical averages and climate trends. "Without an El Niño or a La Niña, a range of other ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... are making preparations for an active year.” Both El Nino and La Nina create “potential hot spots” for extreme weather ...

El Niño and La Niña are parts of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system (called the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO cycle) that can impact weather and climate conditions across the ...

The NOAA Climate Prediction Center announced an end to the El Niño climate phenomenon on Thursday, and predicted that La Niña could start as early as next month. By Austyn Gaffney El Niño ...