One strategy for combating climate change is to enhance natural processes and/or deploy new technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the air and ocean.
Our blogger herds some cats who discover that the strong El Niño was not the only factor driving the forecasted precipitation pattern in winter 2023-24. What else was there?
La Niña is likely for this summer and fall. Our blogger gives you the scoop on the forecast and what La Niña could mean for global weather and climate.
With an analogy drawn from the gym, Michelle L'Heureux explains (again!) how weather (your workout) is not climate (your fitness).
El Niño is near peak strength. Our blogger covers current and potential future conditions in the tropical Pacific.
The September 2023 ENSO Outlook predicts El Niño will stick around at least through January-March 2024. But don't just take it from us, hear directly from the Pacific Ocean and tropical atmosphere, who join the blog to answer some questions.
A desire for more caving adventures led this young scientist to paleoclimate science.
It’s springtime! Here’s why ENSO forecasters would rather skip the forecast even when a potentially significant El Niño appears to be developing.
Two guest bloggers explain how Rossby waves create a globe-spanning superhighway that connects climate patterns even when they are far apart.
The March 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for the eastern/south-central US, a cooler-than-average month for the western/north-central US, and a wetter-than-average month for the Great Lakes.