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La Nina exits after three weak months, leaving Earth in neutral climate state
La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away after ...
US government forecaster expects neutral weather pattern to persist
El Nino-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, neutral conditions are expected to develop and persist through the Northern Hemisphere summer, with a greater than 50% chance through August-October, the United ...
La Niña is over. Scientists now say it was stronger than it seemed.
Researchers say unusual ocean warmth masked La Niña, which is defined by a patch of cooler-than-normal Pacific waters.
Major climate pattern shifts ahead of hurricane season, bringing new risks
Hurricane forecasters are carefully watching ocean temperatures in the Pacific for changes that could impact this year's ...
La Nina climate pattern ends as Pacific Ocean returns to neutral state
As the world cruises through spring, meteorologists and climatologists are closely watching ever-changing water temperatures ...
U.S. forecaster sees neutral weather conditions persisting through summer
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.
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating, research suggests
El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...
Lingering El Niño events are becoming more common: Study uncovers 7,000-year trend
An international team of geoscientists, marine geologists, climatologists, and environmental specialists has found that ...
With new database, researchers may be able to predict rare 'milky seas' bioluminescent event
For generations, sailors around the globe have reported a mysterious phenomenon: Vast areas of the ocean glow steadily at ...
Early look at hurricane season predicts over a dozen named storms. But El Niño could change things
Planet-warming fossil fuel pollution is tipping the scales toward hotter oceans that fuel dangerous storms. Scientists say ...
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research
In recent decades, these climate patterns have been persisting longer and recurring more often. A striking example is the ...