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El Niño Conditions Are Growing Stronger
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El Niño Conditions Are Growing Stronger

Weakening trade winds are allowing warm water to move east across the Pacific in a telltale pattern.

Published Aug 5, 2015

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Warm Water and Strange Weather May Be Connected
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Warm Water and Strange Weather May Be Connected

Temperature anomalies in the eastern Pacific Ocean are both influencing and being influenced by unusual weather patterns. The effects are rippling through the marine environment.

Published Apr 18, 2015

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Weak El Niño, but Hints of Pacific Change
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Weak El Niño, but Hints of Pacific Change

Ocean conditions are not likely to help drought-stressed regions this spring. However, some broader changes might be coming in the Pacific.

Published Mar 25, 2015

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El Niño Strengthens in November 2009
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El Niño Strengthens in November 2009

These color-coded images show the strengthening of El Niño between October and November 2009. In the November image, warm waters (indicated in red) have spread across the Pacific.

Published Dec 11, 2009

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The Return of El Niño
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The Return of El Niño

Published Dec 13, 2002

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Strong La Niña in December 2010
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Strong La Niña in December 2010

These images show that the central and eastern Pacific Ocean was unusually cold in December 2010, a tell-tale sign of La Niña. The associated rainfall map shows that La Niña was impacting weather in parts of the globe.

Published Dec 24, 2010

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Scientists Say Adios to La Niña
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Scientists Say Adios to La Niña

La Niña, the large area of cold water in the Pacific Ocean widely blamed for last summer's drought and often related to an increase in the number of hurricanes that make landfall, appears to be on its last legs.

Published May 10, 2000

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