El Nino

A conversation with Jan Null, a weather forecaster who explains why expectations of a wet winter are misplaced.

And with tropical forests storing almost 250 billion tons of carbon, their fate has major implications for the Earth's atmosphere.

A new study shows that coral bleaching events are recurring faster than reef ecosystems can recover.

As fire conditions intensify around the globe, scientists are helping countries prepare for a fiery new normal.

It's really getting hot in here.

A study in Bangladesh highlights markedly different disease dynamics in the urban core versus the more rural periphery.

El Niño storms seem to be strengthening due to climate change, and in turn intensifying coral bleaching. This is particularly vivid at Christmas Island, where the water has warmed the most.

Talking to the locals in Lurigancho-Chosica, Peru, after a devastating season of landslides

Plus, what will happen once El Niño goes away?

The current El Niño pattern, likely worsened by climate change, has brought drought and hunger to southern Africa.

Fifteen of the 16 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001.

The Midwest’s warm and soggy winter weather.

Forecasters predict the United States still has yet to experience the brunt of its erratic weather.

Heavy El Niño rains could trigger mudslides in California this winter. These scientists are trying to figure out the whens and wheres.

The Ecuadorian government has invested hundreds of millions over the past nine years to prepare for the storm that is about to batter the country. This year, the floods could be unprecedented.

Forecasters say we have a 95 percent chance of having an El Niño event this winter, but predicting its local effects is iffier.

A strong El Niño and La Niña could cause flooding and erosion along the Pacific, according to new research.