El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

September 8, 2025

By Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring phenomenon defined by shifts in tropical...

The growing impact of ENSO on extreme drought and flood events

NOAA Research

Hydrology

April 28, 2025

By NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Extreme hydroclimate events, such as droughts, floods, and heavy rainfall, account for a...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Scientists see echoes of ancient warming world in El Niño

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

October 22, 2024

Duke University researchers and collaborating scientists took a peek into the last 250 million years to understand the causes of...

EOS: Record-breaking temperatures likely as El Niño persists

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

March 1, 2024

Global surface air temperatures will likely remain high through early summer because of a continuing El Niño event. By Grace...

JOURNALIST’S RESOURCE: How El Niño and La Niña climate patterns form

Journalist's Resource

Hydrology

December 6, 2023

Learn how El Niño and La Niña climate patterns take shape and what the current El Niño could mean for...

JOURNALIST’S RESOURCE: El Niño: What it is, how it devastates economies, and where it intersects with climate change

Journalist's Resource

Hydrology

November 29, 2023

by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource There is a band of water across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, stretching from the...

UCSB THE CURRENT: El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common

UC Santa Barbara

Hydrology

August 24, 2023

By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth’s surface area, more than all the land...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Multiyear El Niño and La Niña events likely to increase, researchers say

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

August 23, 2023

A new study offers a glimpse into how El Niño and La Niña events may change. By Alanna Madden, Courthouse...

EOS: Better Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasts for Water Management

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

June 23, 2021

Emerging methods that improve precipitation forecasting over weeks to months could support more informed resource management and increase lead times...

California’s water future: Converging threats, strategic responses

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 21, 2016

David Wegner says the assumptions of the second wave of water development are no longer valid; we must work together...