Something is stirring in the Pacific, and meteorologists are paying close attention. A familiar but powerful climate pattern ...

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A major shift may be brewing in the Pacific Ocean: Forecasters say El Niño could develop later this year. If it does, it can ...

Beginning this February, experts will make a small but critical change in how they measure the onset of El Niño and La Niña across the Pacific Ocean. This tweak is important to account for the effects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shown are sea-surface temperature anomalies across the world. Temps in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are below average, signaling ...

CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...