NOAA has declared that a La ... El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, which is a pattern of atmospheric and sea temperature changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects global weather ...

Cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific, combined with stronger trade winds, are influencing weather patterns worldwide. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

In other words, climate change may be playing a larger role than acknowledged, but until scientists have years and possibly decades of data to examine and compare it to the ENSO state, don’t expect ...

TOKYO – Japan’s weather bureau said on Friday that there no signs of El Nino or La Nina phenomena, but that characteristics of La Nina were becoming more apparent. The bureau added that there was an ...

Europe’s Copernicus observation agency confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with average surface temperatures 1.6C above preindustrial levels after greenhouse gas emissions ...

It has two opposite states: El Niño and La Niña, both of which significantly alter global weather. El Niño can ... American fishing communities. Getty Images Fishing stocks can be affected ...

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 ...

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 ...

La Niña is considered the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO ... A weak La Niña is less likely to have a significant impact on weather patterns during the winter and spring. A ...

but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause as many weather problems as usual, meteorologists said Thursday. La Nina, the flip side of the better-known El Nino, is ...