El Nino-Southern Oscillation

Wildfires in California have been causing COVID-19 cases and deaths to skyrocket, and El Niño may be playing a role.

Unusual cycles in the climate bring devastation to agriculture in central Mexico, but scientists have found a way to aid…

Coral

Coral reefs are incredibly important to humans and other species, but they are also vulnerable to the effects of climate…

Researchers find evidence that a small region in warm waters in the western Pacific could have played a big role…

Extreme weather patterns in South East Asia and West Africa devastate local communities. Scientists study historical climate of the region…

Volcanoes

Reviewing: Dee, Sylvia G., et al. “No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium.” Science 367.6485 (2020):…

The Blob, the Pacific marine heatwave from 2016, sounds more like a movie monster than a natural phenomenon. Still the…

Changes in seasonal lake ice are threatening the lives of those who depend on it. Find out how scientists are…

Thanks to NASA’s new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite, we now know when and where CO2 levels change during El Niño,…

Scientists look far and wide to find records of our planets history. This group used layers of mud trapped inside…

The succession of ENSO events is projected to become more frequent and intense in a warming climate.