El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...

It’s only spring, but some weather forecasters are already focusing on this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. The season, ...

Forecasters worry about warm water in the Atlantic Ocean where hurricanes form and the predicted absence of an El Niño.

While CSU researchers said La Niña conditions are expected to end within the next couple of months, making way for a ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, El Niño tends to suppress hurricane formation. This is due to increased wind shear—imagine a hairdryer blowing across the ocean's surface, disrupting storm development.

along with the predicted absence of an El Niño, which can inhibit hurricane formation. Colorado State University's outlook is one of several major forecasts for the hurricane season that will ...

The El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most influential interannual climate phenomena in the global ...

In addition, "if this El Nino tips into the largest class of events … it will be the shortest recurrence time in the historical record," Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Brown University ...

along with the predicted absence of an El Niño, which can inhibit hurricane formation. Colorado State University's outlook is one of several major forecasts for the hurricane season that will ...

Warm oceans support stronger storms while El Niño’s influence has been shown ... opening the door to storm formation. “A warm Atlantic favors an above-average season, since a hurricane ...