The Latest Breaking News from La Niña

The North Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for months, with surface temperatures at or near record highs. But cooling along the equator in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific may finally be starting to bring some relief, particularly for vulnerable coral reef ecosystems.

In the past few years in Australia, seasonal rainfall and temperatures have left a lot of people confused. Sometimes, the hot, dry conditions usually associated with an El Niño have not eventuated. Similarly, there have been years where a La Niña did not lead to the cool, wet conditions expected.

La Niña usually has a cooling effect, but it's little match for climate change

Las Vegas could see its earliest 110-degree day on record as triple-digit heat sweeps across the West

Learn about the severe upcoming hurricane season predictions due to warming oceans and La Niña, with increased storm activity and potential impacts of clim...

Time to take a boat to work.

Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries

Shattered temperature records and a chaotic hurricane season promise to feature heavily this summer

Imagine you’re standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, you watch the sea level fall – not rise.