El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is known to have a significant impact on climate across the Pacific, including Hawai'i, and adjacent continents. However, atmospheric scientists have now revealed ...

May 8, 2025 — A long period of drought in North America has been recognized by scientists for decades. A new study links the severe climate to a change in Earth's ... Climate Change: Future of ...

While most people know about El Niño and how it impacts the weather, a new study from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa shows another climate pattern influences rainfall across the Islands ...

Previous research has shown that a weaker polar vortex in the Southern Hemisphere can promote warmer and drier weather conditions across eastern Australia, increasing the threat of dangerous ...

The 2015–16 El Niño has likely reached its end. Tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures, trade winds, cloud and pressure patterns have all dropped back to near normal, although clearly the event's impacts ...

Australia's weather is influenced by many climate drivers. El Niño and La Niña have the strongest influence on year-to-year climate variability for most of the country. They are part of a natural ...

The trade winds blow east to west along the equator. This takes the warm water from South America towards Asia. El Niño and La Niña are opposing climate patterns.