Three of the five groups (Hadley, Berkeley and Copernicus/ECMWF) are very likely to show annual temperatures exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial levels (defined here as the 1850-1900 period), while ...

Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, bringing intense storms with them. UC Santa Barbara scientists say it's likely due ...

Cuba bore the brunt of the winds, being met with a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday afternoon. Will the storm travel north ...

La Niña was supposed to be here by now. Where did it go? El Niño faded earlier this year and experts expected La Niña to follow hot on its heels. We’ve been waiting for this weather-altering ...

This is a pretty interesting feat, as typically with an El Niño, you have warmer water on the east Pacific and also lower wind shear, lending to easier development of stronger storms. Kristy is ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday evening, becoming the first hurricane to do so without an El Niño since Hurricane Celia in 2010. This is a ...

It's the opposite to the more well-known El Niño, which occurs when Pacific Ocean water is at least 0.9 degree warmer than average for three months. Federal forecasters last week said that ...

El Niños, on the other hand ... and maybe could outweigh or modify the influence of La Nina,” Ford said. “Those things are hard to predict more than maybe a week or so ahead of time.” ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation, which is characterized by irregular alternations between anomalously warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) conditions, was present at least 250 million years in the past, ...

"The state of the Tropical Pacific, whether we are in a La Niña or El Niño, gives us a fuzzy picture of what things might be like, but it's not deterministic." La Niña is part of a climate ...