“The trade winds blow from east to west across the tropical Pacific Ocean,” Seager told Newsweek. “Because of the rotation of the Earth, the winds drive waters northward to the north of the ...
El Niño is associated with warmer-than-normal temperatures across the eastern and central Pacific. During El Niño, the ocean tradewinds are weaker than normal, if not reversed to blow toward the ...
El Niño and La Niña events have been influencing the global weather for at least 250 million years. Understanding the past ...
What will drive the patterns this winter After experiencing a relatively strong El Niño last winter, this winter we're expecting a weak La Niña to develop in the east-central Pacific Ocean later ...
While El Niño is the warm phase, La Niña is the cool phase of the temperature climate in the tropical Pacific Ocean called the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. Typically, the trade winds ...
During normal weather conditions in the Pacific Ocean, trade winds move west along the equator taking warm water from South America towards Asia, according to the National Ocean Service.
La Niña is a natural climate pattern characterized by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific ...
driven by the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean and enhanced Pacific Ocean trade winds – both heavily influenced by climate change. The analysis suggests that a noticeable warming of the sea ...
Hurricane Kristy is weakening as it moves northwest across the East Pacific.
Hawaii is many things, but airtight is not one of them. If you can hear constant dripping sounds, it must be because you have ...
A La Nina pattern is taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, which could bring a summer of wet weather to Australia.