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.

The tools scientists have relied on for decades to track El Niño and La Niña are breaking down, and the reason is ...

Scientists are rethinking how they track Pacific Ocean temperatures as global warming reshapes climate patterns. A simple yet effective math trick is helping them spot El Niño and La Niña more clearly ...

The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La ...

It's not yet certain but Australia could be facing some extreme weather conditions in the second half of the year.

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

The method for classifying El Niño and La Niña is also changing. As of Feb. 1, NOAA adopted a new index that accounts for climate change. This article originally published at As La Niña is ending, ...

A major pattern shift is hitting America as a series of storms threatens to buries the Sierra Nevada under feet of "insane" snow while a massive 1,000-mile-wide storm prepares to wash out Valentine’s ...

Hurricane season officially is still several months away, but experts are already watching for early signs of what’s ahead. What to know in Florida.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents are in for a characteristically Australian, mixed-bag year of weather this year. Dark red shading indicates the regions ...

The year 2024 was the warmest year on record – fuelled in part by El Niño – and 2025 was the third warmest globally. The pattern is becoming clear, and the next El Niño could well be devastating. And ...

And there are signs that conditions will get even worse in the next 12 months. I can reveal that La Nina is about to end and an El Nino is on the horizon. South Australia, Victoria and parts of New ...