The pattern had been predicted to form for several months, and weak La Niña conditions were finally officially met this week.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that water temperatures in critical parts of the Pacific Ocean had ...
LITTLE-KNOWN WEATHER PATTERN WHEN EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL Forecast of sea-surface temperature anomalies for the critical region of the Pacific Ocean where El Niño and La ...
El Niño events—periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific—are among the most influential drivers of global ...
More Kevin Carter/Getty Images El Niño and La Niña are opposing climate patterns that disrupt normal conditions in the Pacific Ocean. During normal conditions, trade winds blowing west along the ...
The planet-cooling climate pattern known as La Niña is here, scientists said Thursday, but it cannot prevent 2025 from being ...
Temperatures were officially the warmest in recorded history across the globe and in the United States last year. The ...
A long-awaited La Niña has finally appeared, but meteorologists say the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and ...
These weeks-long precipitation pauses are a normal part of winter for this region. Over the past 20 years, the average length ...
La Niña and its opposing climate pattern El Niño can impact weather, wildfires, ecosystems and economies worldwide, according ...
La Niña has finally emerged after months of anticipation, but there’s a catch, and it could impact its influence on the ...
An El Niño weather pattern—La Niña’s counterpart—brought the warmest winter on record last year. La Niña conditions emerged in December and will likely persist through April, though the ...