There’s a 70 percent chance of an El Niño event occurring this winter Sep 19, 2018 By Megan Barber Los Angeles, California, could see wet weather this winter if a moderate El Niño […]
El Niño watch: Here’s what it means for cities
WMO El Niño/La Niña Update (September 2018)
Trend continues of warmer than normal conditions, accompanied by extreme weather Geneva, 10 September 2018 – There is a 70% chance of an El Niño developing by the end of this year, […]
Impacts of El Niño to Intensify as Climate Warms, New Study Finds
This news article was issued by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR/UCAR) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a press release on 28 August 2018. Scientific Press Releses Swings from El Niño […]
Research reveals the connection between climate change, El Niño and the possibility for more extreme wildfires
August 2018 by Sonia Fernandez, University of California – Santa Barbara At roughly 415,000 acres, Northern California’s Mendocino Complex Fire is now the state’s largest recorded wildfire, surpassing the record held by […]
Peru: El Niño Still on Economic Radar
Carl Kelly, Economist Earlier this year, many expert climatologists sounded alarm bells about the possibility of another devastating episode of the weather phenomenon known as El Niño. Peru is one of Latin […]
The blueprint for El Niño diversity
July 2018 Schematic illustration of the two atmosphere/ocean oscillations that contribute to the complexity of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and its impacts. A new research study, published this week by an international […]
Health preparedness for El Nino event 2015 – 2016
Global Situation Assessment of El Niño-related Health Risks WMO has confirmed reports that a mature and strong El Niño is present in the tropical Pacific Ocean. International climate models suggest that the 2015/2016 […]
