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What Is El Nino And How Does It Affect The Weather?

The tropical Pacific Ocean, far from any mainland, holds a significant key to influencing global weather patterns.

Zenger · Mar 21, 2023

El Niño is a preview for global warming

The hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year

Salon · Mar 17, 2023

The flap of a butterfly's wings: why autumn is not a good time to predict if El Niño is coming

Remember the butterfly effect? It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon could cause a tornado in Texas.

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

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White Claw Is Dropping Three New Juicy Flavours Just In Time For The Sweaty El Niño Season

Give me all the hoon juice.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 15, 2023

La Niña Has Finally Fucked Off But Its Equally Cooked Cousin El Niño Has Entered the Chat

El Niño weather warning has been issued so it's gonna be a hot, dry couple of months.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 15, 2023

Late summer heat for New South Wales with parts of Sydney on track for 40C

Heatwave comes as Bureau of Meteorology confirms La Niña that has brought rain to east coast is over

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2023

An 'El Niño Watch' has been declared — here's what that could mean for Australia's weather in 2023

The declaration, made by the Bureau of Meteorology, means there's a 50 per cent chance of the eastern Pacific warm phase developing later this year, for the first time since 2015.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2023

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Australia can expect an El Niño weather pattern bringing extreme dry hot weather now La Niña is over

After three years La Niña is officially over, but Australia could be facing rainfall deficits and extreme heat, irrespective of whether El Niño develops.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

It’s Over: NOAA Declares Official End To La Nina

On Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced an end to the protracted La Nina weather pattern.

Zenger · Mar 9, 2023

Odds are increasing for the return of El Niño. Here's what that could mean for California

LOS ANGELES — The stubborn La Niña climate pattern that gripped the tropical Pacific for a rare three years in a row is waning, and the odds of an El Niño system forming later this year are getting stronger, according to recent meteorological reports.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 7, 2023

A planet-warming El Niño is on the horizon

If an El Niño develops, an annual temperature record becomes likely soon after.

Axios · Mar 1, 2023

La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here's how it affected weather around the world

It was anchovy fishermen in Peru who first noticed and named El Niño events in the tropical Pacific hundreds of years ago. Their catches would fluctuate and the largest declines were seen near Christmas when the ocean was at its warmest – they called it El Niño de Navidad, the…

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2023

Why El Niño doesn't mean certain drought

The Bureau of Meteorology released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday, saying the current La Niña has weakened and is “likely near its end”. Most climate models now point to neutral conditions – neither El Niño nor La Niña – through autumn and a trend towards El Niño in…

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2023

Stronger El Niño events may speed up irreversible melting of Antarctic ice, research finds

New study shows impact of weather phenomenon could have a ‘double whammy’ effect, leading to worsening extreme weather and accelerating sea level rise

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023

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Pedestrian.tv · Feb 13, 2023

La Niña’s Hotter Twin El Niño Is Predicted To Appear This Year With XXXtreme Heat Bushfires

A hot new bombshell enters the villa.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

Bureau of Meteorology considering change to El Niño and La Niña definitions

The Bureau of Meteorology is in discussions with international atmospheric agencies to overhaul how La Niña and El Niño are defined, potentially rewriting the record books of global weather history.

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2023

Millions of satellite images reveal how beaches around the Pacific vanish or replenish in El Niño and La Niña years

If you’ve been visiting the same beach for a few summers, you’ll have seen it change. While beaches look static, they’re actually one of the most dynamic regions on Earth. Winds, waves and tides stir and push sand around constantly. Storms can claw out huge volumes of sand and move…

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2023

Famous Australian beaches vulnerable to severe coastal erosion caused by La Niña

Researchers say erosion of beaches along south-east coast – including at tourist hotspot Noosa – is significantly affecting local biodiversity

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Bristol Post · Jan 28, 2023

UK weather: Met Office says La Niña in the Pacific could bring stormy end to winter

It looks like there'll be no Beast from East from a reverse polar vortex this year

Wales Online · Jan 26, 2023

An even colder winter ahead thanks to return of El Niño in 2023

A frosty 2023-24 winter season is likely if El Niño ramps up

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2023

Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) because every El…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

'Dry' California got big rains. Was it really an epic weather forecasting fail?

For decades, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean have loomed large in predicting weather in California and other parts of the globe. El Niño — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific — seemed synonymous with wet winters for Southern California, while La Niña was a heralder…

The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2023

After the flood: what an El Niño might mean for Australia’s ecosystems

Scientists are fearing the worst, predicting dangerous bushfire weather, fiercer heatwaves and severe coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Mark Gongloff: The coming El Niño could be a glimpse of a grim future

Thanks to El Niño, the world is about to experience something like time travel to the year 2050. It won’t be pleasant. But rather than devolve into panic at the grim climate future it portends, we should use it as a warning about the need to do more to slow…

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023

Could the return of El Niño in 2023 take us above 1.5C of warming? – podcast

Scientists have predicted the return of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year. Its arrival will result in even higher global temperatures and supercharged extreme weather events. Ian Sample speaks to environment editor Damian Carrington about what we can expect from El Niño and whether we’re prepared

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