If the trade winds strengthen, as occurs during La Niña, more warm water ... Elsewhere, El Niño can create warm, dry conditions in Asia, Australia and the Indian subcontinent.

During El Niño events ... Tropical regions like southeast Asia, Australia and central Africa typically experience drier conditions. Under La Niña, the effect is reversed. El Niño also affects ...

El Niño and La Niña significantly impact Earth's weather ... Forecasters issued an El Nino Advisory, noting that El Nino conditions are present. If they continue through October, then it will ...

Along with climate change, El Nino contributed to extreme heat waves and drought across Southeast Asia and parts of ... tend ...

A new international study led by researchers at Tulane University shows that the El Niño and La Niña climate patterns affect nearly half of the world's mangrove forests, underscoring the vulnerability ...

During El Niño events, trade winds weaken and warm water is pushed toward the west coast of the Americas. La Niña events are when stronger-than-usual trade winds push warm water toward Asia.

The butterfly effect suggests that small changes in a system can have a large impact on eventual outcomes. One metaphor used ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — El Niño and La Niña episodes have been shown through numerous studies to have widespread weather impacts, especially on larger scale weather patterns. But what about ...

Under normal conditions, trade winds blowing westwards along the equator carry warm water from South America to Asia. However, El Niño and La Niña cause ... years ago, during the Mesozoic ...

The strongest El Niño event on record occurred during the winter of 2015-2016, when water temperatures were more than 2.5°C warmer than normal for several consecutive months. La Niña ...