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La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon
La Niña typically means cooler, wetter conditions on average globally, but not everywhere, and not every time. Luis…
El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere – here’s how that affects the whole planet
FoxPictures / shutterstock Kevin Collins, The Open University It is a well-known fact that water is the key…
What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don’t all agree
The El Niño pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023.…
Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Niña more likely
Martin Jucker, UNSW Sydney The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for…
El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs – that can spell disaster for fish and corals
Marine heat waves can reach the ocean floor as well as surface waters. Sebastian Pena Lambarri via Unsplash,…
The flap of a butterfly’s wings: why autumn is not a good time to predict if El Niño is coming
Shutterstock Nandini Ramesh, CSIRO Remember the butterfly effect? It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a…
La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here’s how it affected weather around the world
El Niño was given its name by Peruvian fishermen. Christian Vinces / shutterstock William Roberts, Northumbria University, Newcastle…
New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño
Apostolos Voulgarakis, Technical University of Crete and Matthew Kasoar, Imperial College London Wildfire is a phenomenon that has…