La Niña conditions may develop in the next three months but are expected to be relatively weak and short-lived, according to the latest Update from the World Meteorological Organization.

The answer appears to be complicated and may possibly influenced by climate change. La Niña is considered the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and is characterized by lower ...

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SINGAPORE - Climate change has made El Nino and La Nina events stronger and more frequent in recent decades, scientists say in a study that underscores mankind’s growing impact on the planet.

The study in Nature Climate Change found that the La Nina extreme weather -- which happens about once every 23 years -- will occur every 13 years by the end of this century, ...

CSIRO has found greenhouse gas emissions have likely been making El Niño and La Niña events more frequent and extreme since the 1960s. Up until now little was known about the role it played.

Climate change may make it harder to predict the most severe of the El Niño and La Niña weather disturbances in the Pacific Ocean. That’s because these events will become less connected with ...

The La Niña climate pattern will return this fall and last through the winter of 2021-22, forecasters reported Thursday. Here's what you should know. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

There’s also the bigger picture of whether climate change will increase the frequency or intensity of El Niño and La Niña patterns, said state climatologist Nick Bond, also with UW. But the ...

However, a new study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, finds that climate change is expected to strengthen El Niño and La Niña events by 2030.

But amid a relatively weak and brief El Niño in 2018 and 2019, La Niña persisted for three years in what climate scientists called a rare “triple-dip” La Niña, from 2020 through 2023.