El Nino
EXPLAINED / El Niño and La Niña
In light of this particularly hot summer, let's take some time to understand an important weather system that affects global temperatures, food security, and economies
Can our crops survive the erratic weather?
Take urgent stock of the impact of El Nino on our agriculture
Our world has entered its hottest days. What now?
Across the world, in the Pacific Ocean, we are seeing the beginning of a new El Nino year, which means that we have to expect significantly higher temperatures globally – not just for one year, but for several years to come.
Can we steer climate change out of overdrive?
Last week, the world witnessed the hottest day in modern history, with the global temperature average rising to a record 17.23 degrees Celsius.
Brace for a scorching summer as El Nino shifts into high gear
Although exceptional, the warm January temperatures are a stark reminder that, despite all the rhetoric about pivoting to green sources of energy like solar and wind, climate change is taking a turn for the worse because global GHG emissions are not showing any signs of a downward trend.
El Nino is over, coming up-La Nina
This year's monstrous El Nino, nicknamed Godzilla by NASA, is dead.
'Perfect storm' of El Niño and warming boosted Alberta fires
El Niño and ongoing climate change have both contributed to the devastating Alberta wildfires according to experts.
Venezuela to ration electricity in power crisis
Recession-wracked Venezuela is to ration electricity in 10 of its most populous and industrialized states, including metropolitan Caracas, the socialist government says.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by 'worst' bleaching
Evidence that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as "in-danger".
NOAA says 2015 was US' second hottest year on record
Last year was the second hottest on record in the contiguous United States, and included 10 major weather and climate events, such as droughts and storms, that each led to over $1 billion in damages, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday.
Freak heatwave pushes temperatures at North Pole above freezing
Temperatures at the North Pole rises above freezing point, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.
El Nino weather 'could be as bad as 1998', says Nasa
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record.
South America flood ‘worst in 50 years’
Vast areas in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil is being hit by the worst flooding in 50 years, forcing the evacuation of more than 150,000 people.
COP 21: 2015 likely to be warmest on record, says UN weather body
Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.
World’s corals threatened by bleaching
Corals worldwide are at risk from a major episode of bleaching which turns reefs white, scientists have confirmed.