El Niño: Facts, news, features and articles about the climate cycle that impacts weather patterns around the globe

This year's hurricane season is likely to be more active than usual, thanks to an absent El Niño and warmer tropical Atlantic Ocean waters.

Back-to-back hurricanes Matthew and Nicole may signal worse weather to come if La Niña climate conditions take hold across the globe, according to weather scientists.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef corals are in trouble, with the northern part of the reef experiencing "the worst mass bleaching event in its history."

A satellite image shows a developing winter storm moving east toward the mid-Atlantic states.

Hurricane Pali is the earliest ever recorded hurricane in the Central Pacific, a rare winter tropical cyclone that benefited from a strong El Niño.

Two venomous sea snakes have washed up on Southern California beaches in 2015.

This year's particularly strong El Niño is expected to get even stronger before it's done.