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All El Niños will be extreme if climate change isn't slowed, study suggests
In a warmer world, every El Niño could look like today's most extreme events.
'Uncharted territory': El Niño to flip to La Niña in what could be the hottest year on record
A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.?
Polar vortex is 'spinning backwards' above Arctic after major reversal event
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.
Experts are certain 2023 will be 'the warmest year in recorded history'
After the warmest autumn ever, researchers are confident 2023 will be the hottest year on record before it has even finished.
Big blob of hot water in Pacific may be making El Niño act weirdly
El Niño is in full swing and will likely remain "strong" this winter, but its effect on weather patterns in the U.S. depends on the behavior of an unusually warm blob in the western Pacific, experts say.
Amazon's 'flying rivers' of vapor are drying up in an unprecedented drought. Here's how to save them.
A record drought, combined with a strong El Niño, is wreaking havoc on the Amazon. If steps aren't taken to curb illegal mining and deforestation, the ecosystem could collapse.
A strong El Niño is coming this winter. What does that mean?
Thanks to El Niño, meteorologists are predict a snowy winter in the Rockies, storms and wet weather in the South and drier conditions in the Northwest and Uppder Midwest.
Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event
Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.
