El Niño has important effects on the world’s economies—and not all of them are bad The current El Niño (Spanish for “The Boy”)—a band of above-average ocean surface temperatures that develops every 3 ...

A recent, rapid heating of the world's oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to global warming. This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has ...

The El Niño weather phase, which began in summer 2023, has now come to an end, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology says. It helped to boost global temperatures to record levels in recent months ...

(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's ...

The study, titled "The 2023 global warming spike was driven by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation" was published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics."Given the pressing nature of the ...

Meteorologists are monitoring a powerful weather event that could keep Arizona abnormally warm and dry through the winter. The National Weather Service has issued a La Niña watch, with a 60% ...