The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.
El Niño may take shape later this year, and the ripple effects could show up in U.S. weather during the second half of 2026.
CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...
Two major weather agencies think it's increasingly likely that El Niño will form in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean later this year. If these forecasts hold, we could face a dramatic reshuffling of ...