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 ...

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

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.

There is a chance that the El Nino phenomonen — a warming of the Central Pacific Ocean frequently linked to weak monsoon rainfall in India — may occur after July this year, but clarity will only ...

Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a new study in Geophysical Research Letters suggests. Traditionally, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before we’re even done with this current La Niña episode, we’re already seeing some signs of El Niño developing in a few months. La Niña is the cool phase of the climate pattern known ...

La Niña has been active since mid-October. However, according to the January update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it’s likely to end over the next couple of months, and a ...