Variations in temperature, precipitation, and humidity can influence the spread of infectious diseases, including by altering ...

La Niña conditions are weakening, transitioning to a neutral ENSO state expected to stabilize weather through summer. This change could impact global crop yields, especially in regions like the ...

Scientists were somewhat surprised when the world notched its warmest January on record this year despite the presence of a ...

The results suggest that atmospheric rivers can override traditional El Niño/La Niña predictions. During these anomalous years, just a few powerful atmospheric rivers could transform an expected ...

The term La Niña is used to define the phenomenon in which the water temperature of the Pacific Ocean periodically cools and produces a measurable shift in the weather pattern. El Niño is the opposite ...

El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the Southwestern United States, respectively. In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved ...