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 ...

This page contains information on El Niño, La Niña, and how these important ... including here in Canada. Diagram image courtesy of NOAA. Under normal conditions, prevailing winds blow from ...

catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in the coming months. But this so-called super El Niño’s strength won’t ...

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El Niño and La Niña are parts of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system (called the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO cycle) that can impact weather and climate conditions across the ...

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 ...

The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday. By Livia Albeck ...

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 ...

When sea-surface temperatures are above average by about 1 degree Fahrenheit or more, El Niño can develop. When temperatures are below average, La Niña can form. When temperatures are at or near ...

Marked by colder surface water in the eastern Pacific — in contrast to El Nino events that bring hotter waters — La Nina ...

Neutral conditions prevail when El Niño and La Niña are (temporarily) absent El Niño and La Niña are two extremes that have far-reaching effects on our weather here in Canada and around the world.