A new study by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found that El Niño and La Niña cause extreme water events ...

After years locked in a La Niña pattern, the Pacific is flipping. Major global climate models are now signaling a rapid ...

Rules for classifying the two patterns recently changed.

The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) has traditionally been the NOAA’s primary indicator for monitoring the ocean part of the ...

One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record ...

Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused ...

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

Australia could soon be heading back into El Niño conditions, with forecasters warning the climate driver may return later this year – raising the risk of drought, extreme heat and dangerous bushfire ...

The first El Niño in three years could develop during the coming months, raising the possibility of worsening drought and ...

This likely shift was confirmed by new climate outlook data released by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

KANSAS CITY — La Niña continues in place across the eastern equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean and is likely to linger a ...

With the climate pattern known as El Niño in full force from mid-2023 to mid-2024, global temperatures broke records for 12 months in a row. As one of the strongest El Niño events on record, it was ...