Tag Archive for: El Niño

Climate-Heating El Niño Has Arrived and Threatens Lives, Declares UN

/in , , /by /The Guardianby Damian Carrington

The arrival of a climate-heating El Niño event has been declared by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO), with officials warning that preparation for extreme weather events is vital to save lives and livelihoods. The last major El Niño was in 2016, which remains the hottest year on record. The new El Niño comes on top of the increasing global heating driven by human-caused carbon emissions, an effect the WMO called a “double whammy”.

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Toxic Algae Outbreaks Off US West Coast Set to Worsen With El Niño

/in , , /by /Bloombergby Coco Liu

Sea lions and dolphins have been washing up sick or dead on Southern California beaches, poisoned by eating fish containing a dangerous neurotoxin. It’s the result of a harmful algae bloom, a natural phenomenon that turns water blue, bright green, brown or red, and occurs mostly in the summer and fall.

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El Niño May Break a Record and Reshape Weather Around the Globe

/in , , /by /Scientific Americanby Andrea Thompson

El Niño has arrived, bringing potentially major effects on weather around the world, such as drought and flooding, and possibly setting a new record for the hottest year. Seven years ago an exceptionally strong El Niño took hold in the Pacific Ocean, triggering a cascade of damaging changes to the world’s weather.

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When Will El Niño Peak?

/in , , /by /KTLA 5by Alix Martichoux

National forecasters made it official this month: El Niño is here. But we might not feel the effects of it just yet. “Historically El Niño events during the summer tend to have very weak impacts over the United States,” explained National Weather Service meteorologist Michelle L’Heureux.

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El Niño Has Started in the Pacific, But That Doesn’t Guarantee Another Wet Winter for Sacramento

/in , , /by /KCRA3by Heather Waldman

Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last week declared the beginning of an El Niño.

El Niño is marked by warmer-than-average surface water temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean, specifically along the equator.

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Ocean Temperatures Are Off the Charts, and El Niño is Only Partly to Blame

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith

In a world of worsening climate extremes, a single red line has caught many people’s attention.

The line, which charts sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, went viral over the weekend for its startling display of unprecedented warming — nearly 2 degrees (1.09 Celsius) above the mean dating back to 1982, the earliest year with comparable data.

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Here Comes El Niño: It’s Early, Likely to be Big, Sloppy and Add Even More Heat to a Warming World

/in , , /by /Associated Pressby Seth Borenstein and Isabella O'Malley

An early bird El Niño has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday issued an El Niño advisory, announcing the arrival of the climatic condition. It may not quite be like the others.

 

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Dramatic Weather Swings Are Headed to California. Here’s What to Expect in June

/in , , /by /San Francisco Chronicle by Gerry Diaz

The curling of the jet stream — an atmospheric stream of fast-moving air with speeds over 100 mph that travels thousands of miles — over the Pacific Ocean has triggered recent shifts in California’s spring weather patterns. Californians have seen leaps from snowmelt-inducing heat waves in the Sierra Nevada to marine layer clouds that stretch from the Bay Area to Sacramento.

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6 Common Misconceptions About El Niño and Its Impact on California Weather

/in , , /by /KQEDby Ezra David Romero

After a four-year hiatus, El Niño is widely expected to make a grand reentrance this summer, ushering in the possibility of yet another wet, stormy winter.

“It looks like it’s full steam ahead,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said in a live YouTube interview last week, in which he placed the likelihood of a strong El Niño event at greater than 50% — even as projections still vary widely.

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Opinion: El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean for an Already Overheated California?

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Justin S. Mankin and Christopher W. Callahan

During the El Niño of 1983, Californians counted their blessings. The warm Pacific waters sloshing eastward certainly brought heavy spring rains and record snow. But the state largely escaped the flood risks being frantically managed farther east.

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