For the last 40 years, the tropical Pacific has been trending toward a La Nina-like pattern. Will this trend continue into the future? What are the implications? Three experts dig into these questions and more.
The country experienced 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, tying for third place for the most disasters in a calendar year.
This year's hole in the ozone layer was slightly smaller than last year, and well below the peak size in 2006.
Unusually large, late melt spike on Greenland in September 2022
September 23, 2022
From the coasts of South America to the Galapagos Islands, the story of ENSO cannot be told without discussing its impact on marine life. But just as ENSO can affect climate patterns thousands of miles away from the equatorial Pacific, ENSO can also affect marine life. And there is no better example of this than its impacts on Salmon across the North Pacific. In this interview with expert Dr. Nate Mantua, learn all about the complexities of salmon and ENSO.
Excessive rainfall enabled a mosquito population boom in Arizona, increasing the opportunities for the virus to spread from birds to people.
Alaska is more than 4,000 miles from the equator. Does the influence of El Niño and La Niña reach that far?
Forecasts provide an opportunity for us to reduce other stress on ocean life and prepare communities for economic impacts.
In many locations, spring snow also melts earlier, reducing summer streamflows.
NOAA's April 2022 Climate Outlook favors a warm month across the southern and eastern United States, a dry month across the Southwest, and a wet month for the Great Lakes and Northeast.