The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle is a recurring climate pattern pertaining to changes in the water temperatures ...
It's not great news for the Gulf Coast and other storm-prone regions: La Niña is associated with more tropical activity in ...
A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause ...
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 ...
The last El Niño, the periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters, finished in June 2024. NOAA forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an ...
La Niña is a phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). ENSO is a cycle of climate patterns within the Pacific Ocean ...
La Nina, the flip side of the better-known El Nino, is an irregular rising of unusually cold water in a key part of the central equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide.
The last El Niño was declared finished last June, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. Its delayed arrival may have been ...
La Niña is a part of a natural climate cycle officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists. The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region ...
Last winter (2023-2024) was an El Niño winter marked by cooler and wetter weather for the southern states. The last La Nina ended in 2023 after an unusual three-year stretch. The odds favor ENSO ...