Are Earth’s natural climatic patterns changing? An uncharacteristic La Nina may be a sign

The ongoing La Nina may become the longest on record

Next two years may see long and strong El Niño

The phenomenon is expected to deepen the agrarian crisis with a depleted monsoon

Who leads the intimate dance of El Nino with the Indian monsoon?

Not all droughts over India are explained by El Nino-Southern Oscillation

El Nino year or neutral phase likely in 2023; transition may lead to monsoon deficit: Experts

The chances of a fourth La Nina phase are slim at the moment, but global warming could make it happen  

IMD predicts normal monsoon for 2020

India Meteorological Department predicts intensity of monsoon rain could be between 96-104% of the long period average

What El Nino means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points

Short-term heat extremes will continue to destabilise systems like coral reefs and the Amazon rainforest which are thought to be vulnerable to tipping

El Nino 2023: Warming this year last seen in 2009; may cause global marine devastation; here’s how

The end of La Nina means the ocean is not taking up heat which will escape to the atmosphere; oceans retaining heat will kill marine life

A ‘Godzilla’ El Niño to disrupt the world in 2016

The third strongest such weather event in recorded history will affect global food security and will aggravate the refugee situation

Plague kills 40 in Africa’s Madagascar, El Nino blamed

High level of resistance to deltamethrin, an insecticide used to control fleas, has complicated the problem

Pacific Ocean weather patterns are changing — and multi-year El Nino and La Nina may become more common

Volcanic eruptions induce El Nino conditions, finds research  

Cold waves claimed 76 times as many lives in India as heat waves in 2020

There has been a nearly 2.7 times increase in the number of cold wave days from 2017-2020

EL NINO WATCH

Hottest of them all

The first three months of the year 2002 were the warmest ever recorded

La Nia returns

After a gap of about five years

Extreme weather: 2019 broke records; don't expect 2020 to be better

The imprint of climate change is here to stay

2015-16 El Niño: Wildfires in Amazon led to over 30 million tonnes of CO2 emission

Almost one million hectare of primary and secondary forests was burned during the 2015–2016 El Niño season

El Nino can be behind monsoon delay: Experts

There’s a 70 per cent probability of a below normal southwest season this time, says Skymet Weather

‘Double-dip’: La Nina has formed for second year in a row, says NOAA   

A La Nina usually causes wetter conditions and also leads to formation of low-pressure areas in India

El Nino likely to cause loss of Rs 1,80,000 crore this year: ASSOCHAM

Studies indicate high food inflation

Strong western disturbance to impact many states of India

Wet and stormy weather is in store for many states

Philippines

El Nio hits Colombia

Cooler 1999 predicted

1999: a lot cooler

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