UPDATE Jan 2015: Turns out, the great El Niño of 2014 may never actually materialize. And if it does, it’s probably going to be wimpy. Why all the confusion then? El Niño is a coupled ...

Thousands of kilometres away, the force of the wind and water temperature of the surface of the Pacific Ocean affect the climate we experience across the world. This is one of the world's most ...

Vertical mixing is an important factor in determining the temperature, sharpness and depth of the equatorial Pacific thermocline, which are critical to the development of El Ninõ and Southern ...

According to The Old Farmers’ Almanac, much of the U.S., including Arkansas, can expect a colder and more snowy winter than usual. Although scientists might generally scoff at almanacs, their ...

The El Niño event of 2015-16 is now history, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC), which certified the demise in an advisory on Thursday. It wasn’t exactly a tough call: the warm ...

atmospheric pressure: Pressure exerted by the atmosphere because of the force of gravity acting on the overlying column of air. barometer: Instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. chlorophyll: ...

El Niño has been playing with my heart for a whole year now*. It’s coming. It’s not coming. It’s gonna be huge. It’s not coming now. The ocean looks like en EL Niño but the atmosphere doesn’t. Y U SO ...

The El Nino weather phenomenon, which caused damage worldwide in 1997-98, has returned, government climate experts said Thursday. This El Nino will be milder than the last one, but could begin ...

El Niño and La Niña may have diminutive names, but anyone who keeps an eye on climate news or weather reports knows their impact around the globe isn’t small. Like a mythical two-faced beast, the El ...