Scripps Oceanography scientists share how El Nino mean for the California coastline By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution of Oceanography El Niño is defined by the persistence of warm water in the Pacific Ocean at the equator. This warm water has...
Scripps Oceanography meteorologists and climate scientists answer questions about El Nino’s impact on weather By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution...
Ocean monitoring and species changes will signal El Niño’s arrival. By NOAA Fisheries Has El Niño reached the West Coast? You might think it has. After all, the ocean off Southern and Central California is unusually warm. But that is...
Twenty ensemble members from a 600-year climate simulation reveal that drought extremes are intensifying more rapidly than in the past with respect to moderate droughts. by Alberto Montanari, EOS Droughts are becoming an increasing global concern as their impacts intensify....
From JPL: As of June 2026, El Niño has officially arrived. This naturally recurring phenomenon is characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures...
From the USGS: Joint trend analysis of streamflow and groundwater on a national scale is a critical step toward understanding how national water budget components respond concurrently and interactively to environmental drivers. A new USGS study shows that groundwater and streamflow...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water El Niño is coming. Of that, scientists seem sure as ocean temperatures continue to heat up. Warmer ocean water fills the atmosphere with moisture, which can ride the jet stream into California as massive storms....
