The Looming El Niño Is Upping Odds of Record Heat in 2019
The wait for El Niño continues, but scientists are already gearing up for its impacts. Chief among those is how it…
El Niño Looks 'Imminent'—Here's What That Means For You
After nearly four months of waiting for El Niño, the switch is likely to be flipped on this winter. Rejoice, my fellow…
Welp, We Might Get Another El Niño This Fall
My eastern tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures watchers, get hype. An El Niño Watch is in effect.
Future El Niños Could Spell Trouble For the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
There’s a mad scramble underway in the scientific community to learn everything possible about the imperiled West…
Earth’s Tropical Forests Sprung a Major CO2 Leak During Last Year's El Niño
Earth’s tropical forests hoard huge amounts of carbon, but as temperatures rise and weather patterns shift due to…
El Niño Could Be Ready to Party Again as Soon as This Fall
Remember the halcyon days of 2016, when we were bidding adieu to El Niño and recovering from the death of Harambe?…
2016's New Temperature Record Proves Climate Change Is Moving Disturbingly Fast
New data presented today by the NOAA and NASA shows that global temperatures hit a record high for the third straight…
La Niña Has Arrived
It teased us with the possibility of a no-show this summer, but a weak La Niña has officially arrived, according to…
La Niña Might Not Be Coming After All
After promising biblical rains and instead giving California crabs, El Niño passed away quietly last spring. But while…
The Worst Coral Die-off in History Just Got Worse
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has just released an update on the state of the Earth’s coral reefs,…
A Bizarre Avocado Crime Wave Is Sweeping Through New Zealand
The now-dead El Niño wreaked serious havoc upon our food supply, from poisoning shellfish to obliterating stone fruits.…
El Niño Has Pushed Our Planet Past a Major Climate Milestone
The monster El Niño of 2015-2016 is finally gone, but scientists are still coming to terms with its impacts on the…
RIP El Niño
It was called “too big to fail” and labeled a monster. In some ways, it never quite lived up to what were, quite…
El Niño Gives California Crabs
This year’s monster El Niño is truly a monster—it’s been blamed for killing coral reefs. Add another die-off to the…
We Finally Know Why This El Niño Was Such a Monster
The strongest El Niño ever seen is finally gone. But before it left it had plenty to throw at us: Storms, droughts, blac…
Venezuela Shortens Work Week to Just Two Days Due to Extreme Energy Crisis
Over the last few years, Venezuelans have suffered from the devastating impacts of a crumbling economy. Now severe…
Good Lord the Largest Cyclone Ever Recorded in the Indian Ocean Is Very Large
It’s been a wild six months for megastorms. In October 2015, Hurricane Patricia became the most powerful ever measured,…
El Niño Left Behind All These Creepy Coral Ghost Towns
The great Niño of 2015 is finally on its way out. But before it goes, it has one final present to leave us: a giant…