After a year of dominance, El Niño’s wrath has ended, but its climate-changing counterpart, La Niña, is nipping at its heels and could signal a return to drought for California. El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, also called ENSO. The tropical Pacific climate pattern is the biggest driver of … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prepare for what almost all experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a rising La Nina. There is an 85% chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above-average stormy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prepare for what almost all experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a rising La Nina. There is an 85% chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above-average stormy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Read more
One of the biggest drivers of last year’s record temperatures on Earth – El Niño – is almost gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on its way. Whether that’s a relief or not depends partly on where you live. Above-normal temperatures are still forecast in the US in the summer of 2024. And if … Read more
One of the biggest drivers of last year’s record temperatures on Earth – El Niño – is almost gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on its way. Whether that’s a relief or not depends partly on where you live. Above-normal temperatures are still forecast in the US in the summer of 2024. And if … Read more
SAN DIEGO – In 1983, El Niño caused historic flooding in parts of Southern California, toppling parts of fishing piers and prompting some to travel the flooded streets by surfboard. It returned in 1998, dusting the regional mountains with snow through May. In the collective minds of Californians, the weather phenomenon defined by an eastward-moving, … Read more