January 2025 was the hottest on record—a whole 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels. If many climate-watchers expected the world ...

The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.

Japan's weather bureau reported no clear signs of El Nino or La Nina phenomena currently, although some La Nina characteristics are emerging. The bureau predicts a 60% probability of normal weather ...

The La Nina and El Nino weather phases are part of the so-called El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate pattern triggered in the Pacific Ocean that involves changes in wind and ocean ...

There are other factors turning up the heat. The El Niño pattern that began in 2023 added around 0.1 or 0.2 degrees Celsius, before the inverse La Niña pattern took over in December 2024.

There are other factors turning up the heat. The El Niño pattern that began in 2023 added around 0.1 or 0.2 degrees Celsius, before the inverse La Niña pattern took over in December 2024.

El Nino and La Nina are primary contributors in the large-scale pattern that concentrate the threat for tornadoes in the plains and in Dixie Alley. June 2024 sea surface temperature difference ...

NO SURPRISE HERE. ALL FIVE OF THESE YEARS FINISHED WITH BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, BUT THOSE FIVE YEARS A MIX OF THE EL NINO, LA NINA PATTERN. SO NO DIRECT CORRELATION THERE. IF YOU’VE SEEN ...

STORY: Last month was the world's warmest January on record, continuing a streak of extreme global temperatures. The global average temperature in January was 1.75C higher than in pre-industrial times ...

A weak La Nina event has arrived in the Pacific, bringing colder waters and potentially cooler weather. Despite being delayed ...