Why doesn't the climate behave like we expect? The answer often lies in the internal variability of our atmosphere. Our ENSO Blogger explains exactly what that is.
La Niña conditions have returned to the tropical Pacific. Our blogger gives you the details.
Costly and inconvenient, high-tide flooding of coastal communities is on the rise. Thanks to higher water levels from El Niño and sea level rise, the number of high-tide flood days in 2018 is projected to be 60% higher this year than would have been common around 2000. Find out what's predicted for your city in this interactive map.
Our guest blogger explains how our food system is being controlled by ENSO. Also, why La Nina events are particularly troublesome.
The latest IPCC report on the Physical Science Basis of climate change covers pretty much everything you can think of, including ENSO. So what were its conclusions? Our ENSO Bloggers walk us through the report's conclusions and what they mean.
Let's take a tour through North America's summer monsoon, a critical source of rainfall for the U.S. Southwest and Mexico.
According to NOAA scientists, 2011 was a record-breaking year for climate extremes, not just in the United States, but around the world. Here's an illustrated guide to the year's top ten global climate and weather events.
Neutral conditions remain across the Pacific but conditions look favorable enough for a return to La Niña this fall/winter that scientists have issued a La Niña watch.
Neutral conditions have returned to the tropical Pacific. Our blogger looks ahead to the rest of 2021.
One La Niña winter is often followed by another. El Niño winters seldom double-dip. The ENSO Blog explains why.