Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a large-scale climate pattern that has an impact on the average jet stream position in the US. A weak La Niña has been present since ...

BoM warns of uncertain El Niño development amid fading La Niña, with low predictability beyond May for drought forecasts.

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a natural cycle that originates in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the most important modes of variability impacting the global climate. ENSO is a complex ...

Increased spring rainfall can help replenish soil moisture, potentially moderating intense heat early in the season. However, lingering warmth in the atmosphere and oceans can still support periods of ...

With close to 40 people dead in the wake of catastrophic flooding in Limpopo and Mpumalanga, the subject of drought is not ...

Before we're even done with this current La Niña episode, we're already seeing some signs of El Niño developing in a few ...

Climate troublemakers El Niño and La Niña have been around for a long time. A really, really long time. A new study says the dance between El Niño and its counterpart, La Niña, was present on our ...

A new modeling study shows that the El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present at least 250 million ...

The weather system responsible for wet summer conditions in the country's north is on the way out. So what's in store for the ...