A major shift may be brewing in the Pacific Ocean: Forecasters say El Niño could develop later this year. If it does, it can reshape weather patterns across the United States during the second half of ...

The large-scale Pacific Ocean climate patterns that help steer weather patterns around the globe are shifting yet again.

The powerful weather pattern is expected to shift into gear again around June, NOAA said, though its strength this time ...

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.

The La Niña pattern that has been influencing the global weather over the past year is rapidly weakening, with signals ...

While La Niña is currently holding its own, the expectation is that an El Niño will develop by the peak of hurricane season. Here's why that's a big deal.

El Niño could influence severe weather and hurricane seasons in the United States later this year.

El Nino could develop later this year, increasing the risk of record-breaking global heat, according to forecasts from several major weather agencies.

The latest climate forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that an El Niño climate pattern is on track to arrive midway through hurricane season — a pattern that ...

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 ...

Rules for classifying the two patterns recently changed.

Climate change amplifies El Nino impact; warmer seas previously linked to 13,000 deaths in Libya, says Bogazici University researcher - Anadolu Ajansı ...