The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

A new index will help scientists and forecasters better identify El Niño and La Niña events in the future as the climate ...

Developed in response to a warming world, NOAA’s revised scale more precisely identifies which episodes are likely to have the biggest impacts.

El Niño might be back later this year; major climate agencies that closely watch the tropical Pacific have recently updated ...

The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a year’s rain in just days ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 29 (Reuters) - A "perfect storm" of climate change and cyclical La Niña weather patterns fuelled catastrophic flooding across southern Africa over the past month, killing 200 people ...

The official NOAA CPC ENSO probabilities show a 75% chance of a transition to a neutral phase through late spring. When we’re in the neutral phase, it means the Pacific Ocean isn’t strongly warmer or ...

Wildfires tore across Chile, Argentina, Australia, and South Africa during January 2026, killing at least 19 people in Chile alone and forcing mass evacuations, even as La Niña conditions were ...

With La Niña underway and global temperatures continuing to rise, experts warn of an increased risk of wildfires and severe storms across the country. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Rules for classifying the two patterns recently changed.

Feb 12 (Reuters) - There is a 60% chance of a shift in the climate phenomenon known as La Niña towards El Nino in ...