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A view of corals just below the ocean surface off American Samoa
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Corals Make Reliable Recorders of El Niño Fluctuations

by Terri Cook 24 July 202029 September 2021

A new tool that reconciles modeling and paleoclimate data builds confidence that tropical Pacific corals reliably archive natural variability in the El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern.

The mushroom cloud of the Frigate Bird nuclear test seen through an aircraft periscope
Posted inNews

Una Guerra Nuclear Podría Generar un “Niño Nuclear”

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 30 April 202016 July 2025

Una sacudida al sistema climático provista por una guerra nuclear podría provocar un fenómeno de el Niño como nunca habíamos visto.

Diagram and chart showing characteristics of the North Equatorial Current Bifurcation
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Different El Niño, Different Paths of North Equatorial Current

by Lei Zhou 6 April 202016 December 2021

Different types of El Niño have different impacts on the North Equatorial Current Bifurcation and can be extended to ocean circulations in the Pacific and the global climate system.

Elevated photo of a busy Hong Kong street during a light rain
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Chinese Swamp Core Reveals 47,000 Years of Monsoon History

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 April 202027 January 2023

Magnetic analysis of mineral composition supports the importance of tropical climate processes in shaping long-term monsoon patterns.

A colony of 60,000 pairs of king penguins stands on the exposed gray bedrock of South Georgia.
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How Climate Science Is Expanding the Scale of Ecological Research

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 31 March 202025 April 2022

Tools developed for climate science can help researchers forecast ecological dipoles: the contrasting effects of climate on populations separated by thousands of kilometers.

The Sun sets over the banks of the Chobe River.
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Análisis Climáticos Para Una Mejor Predicción de Brotes de Diarrea

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 12 March 202016 July 2025

Investigadores han encontrado nuevas conexiones entre las condiciones climáticas del fenómeno “La Niña” y la enfermedad más letal para los niños a nivel mundial.

The mushroom cloud of the Frigate Bird nuclear test seen through an aircraft periscope
Posted inNews

Nuclear War Would Spawn a “Nuclear” El Niño

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 2 March 202025 March 2024

A jolt to the climate system provided by nuclear war could spur an El Niño like we’ve never seen before.

Charts showing ENSO cycles
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Oceanic Mixing Influences Development of ENSO Cycle

by J. Sprintall 7 February 202016 September 2022

Changes in oceanic turbulence act to regulate the sea surface temperature during the evolution of the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle.

The Sun sets over the banks of the Chobe River.
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Using Climate Studies to Better Predict Diarrhea Outbreaks

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 31 January 20209 September 2024

Researchers have found new connections between La Niña climate conditions and the leading killer of children worldwide.

A global map of ocean temperature during the 2016 El Niño event
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Artificial Intelligence May Help Predict El Niño

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 25 September 20195 July 2022

Deep learning techniques give scientists the longest–lead time forecasts yet.

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