Life on Earth runs on cycles,day and night, seasons, and tides. But one of the most powerful and far-reaching climate cycles ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- Ocean temperatures and atmospheric interactions influence weather patterns by a climate cycle called El-Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO. This cycle swings between three ...

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 ...

This means we can’t trust El Niño and La Niña completely to make accurate water year predictions.” Scientists expect these rivers in the sky will become increasingly important sources of annual ...

Summary A strong El Niño, followed by a strong La Niña, will result in severe weather anomalies around the global that can be predicted to affect the production of various commodities.

Ancient El Niño? Mysterious climate cycle blamed for millennia of chaotic weather. A new study says the dance between El Niño and its cold counterpart, La Niña, was present on our planet at ...

Awakening a Shy La Niña La Niña, the cool-water “little sister” of El Niño, took its time coming to life this season. Sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific didn’t definitively dip below ...

New modeling research has shown that the natural global climate phenomena known as El Niño and its cold counterpart, La Niña, have been occurring for the last 250 million years.

La Niña and its opposing climate pattern El Niño can impact weather, wildfires, ecosystems and economies worldwide, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Predicting the onset and intensity of the weather-roiling El Niño and La Niña events is crucial for global markets, and meteorologists need to get the messaging right or risk sparking confusion ...